UTERINE TUMORS.
These are somewhat rare in the domestic animals, yet they have been met with in the form of cysts, fibroma, fibro-myoma, sarcoma, and carcinoma. In a number of cases the nature of the tumor has not been clearly made out. Mangot saw a mare with two pediculated uterine tumors having an aggregate weight of 12 lbs. These were expelled with much straining and suffering. LaMaitre and Rodet record other cases. Stockfleth describes multiple pediculated fibroid tumors in the womb of the cow. Cysts have been especially seen in the cow and bitch, and carcinoma in the bitch.
Symptoms. These may for a length of time be overlooked, though breeding animals usually fail to conceive. Then a slimy, muco-purulent, serous, bloody or fœtid discharge may escape habitually from the vulva, smearing the tail and hips and collecting on the floor. If the os is sufficiently patent to admit the hand vaginal and uterine exploration will detect the tumor. In other cases it may be felt by rectal examination.
Treatment is essentially surgical and will consist in dilatation of the os, and the removal of the tumor by twisting, ecraseur, or curette, and with careful antiseptic precautions before and after. In malignant tumors in the uterine walls it may be expedient to remove the entire organ.