title: Long-retained vaginal foreign body causing chronic vaginitis in a bulldog.
abstract: A vaginal foreign body consisting of a piece of retained calvarium from a macerated fetus was identified and removed using vaginoscopy in a 4-year-old, spayed female bulldog. The dog had a 12-month history of chronic mucopurulent vaginitis. Vaginal foreign bodies, although uncommon, are a differential diagnosis for recurrent mucopurulent or hemorrhagic chronic vaginal discharge. A case of chronic vaginitis caused by a long-retained intravaginal foreign body in a dog is described and compared to four other canine cases reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4 Canada.
authors.forename: Elisabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Snead
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Pharr
authors.forename: Brendon P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ringwood
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beckwith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*