title: Ultrasonographic findings of an ovarian abscess in a cow.
abstract: Ultrasonographic examination was carried out in a cow with an ovarian abscess. Real time ultrasound scanning using a 7.5 MHz linear probe per rectum revealed an active left ovary with follicles of up to 11 mm in diameter and an enlarged right ovary measuring 6 x 6 cm, with a mass of 4 x 3 cm. The mass had varied echotexture, a thick hyperechoic boundary and a hypoechoic centre with echoic foci. It was tentatively diagnosed as an ovarian tumour or abscess. After ovariectomy, grossly the right ovary measured 6 x 6 x 5 cm and on cutting cheesy pus oozed out. The abscess was completely localised within the ovary, 4 cm in diameter and encapsulated thickly. On bacteriological examination Staphylococcus spp. was isolated. This is a rare case of ovarian abscess.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka.
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Zulu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mwanza
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Makondo
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bhaiyat
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary