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ovarian remnant?

This is a 1 yr old husky female. She was spayed approx 6 mnths ago. The owners noticing swelling of vulva just over a month ago and constant licking of vulva. She presented last week with blood tinged discharge the vaginal cytology would be similar to proestral smear. She was scanned no ovaries seen. the images here are from the cervical region. If we are to look for ovarian remnant what blood tests are people using to sort that out?? I appreciate input on the  images , currently on ab’s in case stump infection. thanks

This is a 1 yr old husky female. She was spayed approx 6 mnths ago. The owners noticing swelling of vulva just over a month ago and constant licking of vulva. She presented last week with blood tinged discharge the vaginal cytology would be similar to proestral smear. She was scanned no ovaries seen. the images here are from the cervical region. If we are to look for ovarian remnant what blood tests are people using to sort that out?? I appreciate input on the  images , currently on ab’s in case stump infection. thanks

the second image appears to be remnant of uterine horns,no color flow

sherilin

7 responses to “ovarian remnant?”

    • Sorry uploaded and ran never

      Sorry uploaded and ran never looked at image quality! Anyway the forum posts very helpful. I’ll look into AMH testing. Most likely will go after surgical option. Thanks

  2. You can run an anti-mullerian
    You can run an anti-mullerian hormone test AMH. Stump pyometra only occurs in the presence of estrogen so if you are seeing enlarged uterine tissue on ultrasound and there are clinical signs of estrus, I would be concerned about retained ovarian tissue

  3. From the history ovarian

    From the history ovarian remnant is highly likely and thus a laparotomy is indicated. Often the remnant is small so removal of tissue from the region of the ovaries is indicated.

  4. This is a little late but I

    This is a little late but I once spoke with Dr. Jeri Cherlaskin at the Cornell lab that runs the AMH test and just thought you should know that you can get false negtives on the AMH test once the dog has entered the luteal phase of the estrus cycle. This is because the follicular cells stop making anti‐mullerian hormone when they become luteal cells and produce progesterone instead. Hence, if the dog has moved on to diestrus or you get a negative on the AMH test and you are stilll suspicious of an ovarian remnant, you can run a progesterone level next to help get more supportive evidence before going to surgery. 

     

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