Transcervical endoscope-guided emptying of a transmural uterine cyst in a mare.
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.
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Section of Reproduction, Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 12, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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D000818:Animals; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000662:veterinary*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000662:veterinary*; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*