title: Vulvovaginectomy and neo-urethrostomy for treatment of haemangiosarcoma of the vulva and vagina.
abstract: Vulvovaginectomy and neo-urethrostomy were performed in a 9-year-old German shepherd dog following a diagnosis of infiltrative vulvar and vestibulovaginal haemangiosarcoma. The dog was presented for intermittent vulvar haemorrhage over a 3-month period. On examination the vulva and vestibulovagina were distended and firm. Vaginal discharge and fine needle aspiration cytology detected anaplastic cells. Haemangiosarcoma was diagnosed on biopsy. A new urethral opening was created in the floor of the vagina allowing resection of the vulva and caudal vestibulovagina. Urinary continence was preserved and healing was without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animal Surgery, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lobetti
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schulman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*