Resumo
Endometritis is an inflammatory process trigged by factor such as use of progestin contraceptives,prolonged progesterone activity, accumulation of uterine gland secretions, bacteria infection of nearby organsand other structures, which may result uterine alterations of high risk to reproduction and the animals life. Thematerial came from a ovariosalpingohisterectomy of a Canis familiares (Linnaeus, 1857), female dog, threeyears old, mixed breed, nulliparous, which was referred to the laboratory that, after macroscopic analysis,standard histopathological procedure and microscopic analysis, it was observed endometrial atrophy,calcification, fibrosis, lymphocytic infiltration and cartilaginous metaplasia, resulting from the chronicinflammatory process.
Assuntos
Animais , Cães , Cães/anormalidades , Cães/fisiologia , Endometrite/classificação , Endometrite/diagnóstico , Endometrite/veterinária , Anticoncepcionais/análise , ProgesteronaResumo
Leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant neoplasias originated from smooth muscle and may affectprimarily female reproductive organs. The aim of this work is to report a case of uterine leiomyosarcoma in thebitch. A female dog, mixed breed, 6 years old showed history of use of contraceptive and it underwent to aelective ovariosalpingohysterectomy. Multiple uterine masses were observed grossly and the histopathologyconfirmed a uterine leiomyosarcoma associated with cystic endometrial hyperplasia and ovarian cysts.