title: Intra-abdominal hemorrhage associated with a granulosa-thecal cell neoplasm in a mare.
abstract: A 9-year-old American Saddlebred mare was referred because of abdominal distention and signs of abdominal pain. Copious peritoneal fluid obtained by abdominocentesis appeared to be frank blood. Rectal and ultrasonographic evaluation of the abdomen revealed a large mass at the distal tip of the right uterine horn. The mare was euthanatized and necropsied and the mass was determined to be a granulosa-thecal cell neoplasm. The most common clinical sign of granulosa-thecal cell neoplasm is infertility or abnormal sexual behavior. Hemoperitoneum is infrequently associated with neoplasms in horses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gatewood
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Douglass
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: DeBowes
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013798:Thecoma / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*