[Uterine perforation following an experiment in the correction of a uterine torsion in the 5th month of pregnancy. Illustrated report].
In this case report a perforation of the uterus in a German Black Pied cow after correction of the uterine torsion in the 5th month of gestation is described. Because of the hopeless prognosis, the cow was slaughtered. An additional finding was a metaplastic keratinization of the chorionic epithelium in the form of a plaque. The reason and pathogenic meaning of this metaplasia is not known. In the discussion, therapy of the uterine torsion in such an early state of gestation is critically considered.
Pickel
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Klinik für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie des Rindes, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
Dirksen
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Grunert
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002823:Chorion / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008679:Metaplasia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*
Uterusperforation nach Retorsionsversuch bei einer Torsio uteri im 5. Monat der Trächtigkeit. Bildbericht.