CONGENITAL PHIMOSIS IN A DOG: CASE REPORT

UNINGÁ Review

Leonardo Martins Leal¹  Guilherme Camargo Gallo²  Juliana de Carvalho Parra² 

[1] Uningá –Ingá University Centre, Maringa, PR, Brazil.;Uningá –Ingá University Centre, Maringa, PR, Brazil;

关键词: balanoposthitis;    foreskin;    postioplasty;   

DOI  :  doi.org/10.46311/2178-2571.36.eURJ3946

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Phimosis is a rare condition in dogs, characterized by the inability to retract the foreskin, resulting indiscomfortforaffectedanimals.Thisdiseasecanbecongenitaloracquired,secondaryto inflammatoryandneoplasticprocesses,aswellastolacerationandscarring.Themostcommon complicationofphimosisisbalanoposthitis.Theobjectivewastoreportacaseofphimosisina puppytreatedattheUningáveterinaryclinic.Thetwo-month-old,mixed-breeddogpresented increased preputial volume, pollakiuria, dysuria, and pain when having its foreskin manipulated. No alterationswereevidencedbyhematologicalexams.Theanimalwassubjectedtoultrasound examination for other possible causes of phimosis, such as neoplasms, to be ruled out. The patientwasreferredforpostioplastyandelectiveorchiectomyprocedures.Weconcludethatphimosisin dogs is a rare condition, but it presents a good prognosis in the short and medium terms, as long as the surgical intervention is performed correctly.

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