title: Full recovery of subinvolution of placental sites in an American Staffordshire terrier bitch.
abstract: A three-year-old, sexually intact, female American Staffordshire terrier was presented with chronic postpartum vulvar haemorrhage. Sixty-one days before presentation, the bitch had whelped 10 puppies. A tentative diagnosis of subinvolution of placental sites was made when syncythial trophoblast-like cells were identified in the specimen collected through the opening of the cervix by endoscopy. Five weeks after the diagnosis, the bitch was clinically healthy with no vaginal bleeding and spontaneous recovery occurred without surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Sontas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stelletta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mollo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D057832:Watchful Waiting