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Transcervical endoscope‐guided emptying of a transmural uterine cyst in a mare
Author(s) -
Rambags B. P. B.,
Stout T. A. E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.156.21.679
Subject(s) - cyst , myometrium , medicine , transrectal ultrasonography , electrocoagulation , lumen (anatomy) , endoscope , uterus , anatomy , radiology , surgery , prostate , cancer
An 18‐year‐old Friesian mare with a large intrauterine cyst was examined by transrectal ultrasonography. There were several small to moderately sized intraluminal endometrial cysts, one of which connected via the myometrium to a large subserosal cyst, thereby effectively forming a ‘transmural’ cyst complex. During a videohysteroscopy, the intraluminal part of this transmural cyst was removed by electrocoagulation via a polypectomy snare. It was then possible to drain the large subserosal part of the cyst into the uterine lumen by transrectal massage, thereby confirming the presence of the transmural connection.