title: Chronic vaginitis associated with vaginal foreign bodies in a cat.
abstract: A 2-year-old, spayed female, domestic shorthaired cat was presented for evaluation of a chronic, purulent vulvar discharge. Survey radiographs of the abdomen and pelvis revealed bone fragments in the pelvic canal. A vaginoscopy was performed, and five bony foreign bodies were removed from the vaginal lumen. Using anatomical landmarks, the bones were identified as remnants of a fetal kitten.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animals, Atlantic Veterinary College, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A 4P3 Canada.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicastro
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walshaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*