Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences (ISSN: 2582-3183)

Case Report Volume 3 Issue 1

Fetal Mummification in a Cat

Mir Md Afzal Hossain1, Jannatul Noor2 and Saroj Kumar Yadav3*

1Veterinary Surgeon of Teaching and Training Pet Hospital and Research Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Veterinary Surgeon of Private Clinic, Bangladesh
3Ph.D Fellow Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Saroj Kumar Yadav, Ph.D Fellow Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh.

Received: November 19, 2020; Published: December 14, 2020

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Abstract

  Fetal mummification is the condition when the fetus undergoes some morphological changes and dies and retained in the uterus. A 3 years old local queen was presented to Teaching and Training Pet Hospital and Research Center, Purbachal, Dhaka with the history of abdominal swelling since last 3 months without any vaginal discharge. Diagnosis of fetal mummification was confirmed by using imaging technique. Overiohysterectomy was performed as a surgical consideration reminding anesthetic complication. Complete wound healing was observed on PO 7days, and the queen is maintaining her normal life.

Keywords: Queen; Mummification; Imaging; Overiohysterectomy

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Citation

Citation: Saroj Kumar Yadav., et al. “Fetal Mummification in a Cat". Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 3.1 (2021): 19-22.




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