Uterine Torsion Associated with Hydrometra and Pyometra in a Domestic Rabbit

애완 토끼에서 자궁수종, 자궁축농증, 자궁염전의 병발 증례

  • Na, Sanggi (Pangyo Animal Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jihye (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
  • Accepted : 2014.09.29
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

A 1.5-year-old, female domestic rabbit was diagnosed with uterine torsion accompanying hydrometra of the right uterine horn and pyometra of the left horn. The exploratory laparotomy revealed the torsion of bilateral uterine horns in the region of the uterine cervix. No growth was detected in fluid collected from the right horn of the uterus; however, Gram-positive micrococcus and bacilli were cultured from the left horn. The pathophysiology of the simultaneous occurrence of these disorders was suspected considering that abdominal distension progressed over 4 months and the rabbit's condition deteriorated abruptly within 2 days, hydrometra was the initial disease and then infection to the left uterine horn and torsion developed later due to the large volume of fluid within the uterus. This report is the first case showing uterine torsion accompanying hydrometra and pyometra in each uterine horn.

식욕 부진과 복부 팽만을 보인 1.5살령의 암컷 토끼가 방사선 검사와 초음파 검사에서 자궁 확장 소견이 확인되었고, 이틀 후 쇼크로 응급 내원하여 탐색적 개복술을 실시하였다. 양측 자궁각이 자궁 경부에서 염전되어 있었고, 양측 자궁각의 내용물에 대한 배양 검사 결과 우측 자궁각은 자궁수종, 좌측 자궁각은 자궁축농증이 발생한 것으로 진단되었다. 질병의 발생 기전에 대해 정확하게 설명하기 어렵지만, 복부 팽만이 4개월간 지속되다가 갑자기 토끼 상태가 악화되어 쇼크로 진행된 점으로 미루어 초기에 자궁수종이 발생하였다가 감염 및 자궁 내 다량의 내용물로 인한 자궁염전이 급성으로 발생한 것으로 판단되었다. 본 증례는 각각의 자궁각에 자궁수종과 자궁축농증이 별도로 발생하고 염전이 동반된 매우 드문 예이다.

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