Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat
CASE SUMMARY: A stray female domestic shorthair cat was presented to the emergency service after being hit by a car. The patient was recumbent and vocalizing, with a small wound over the right lateral thorax, and two palpably firm swellings in the right cervical and thoracic soft tissues. The patien...
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author | Collins-Webb, Alexandra G Hanna, Ashley L Mehrkens, Lea R VanderHart, Daniel J |
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description | CASE SUMMARY: A stray female domestic shorthair cat was presented to the emergency service after being hit by a car. The patient was recumbent and vocalizing, with a small wound over the right lateral thorax, and two palpably firm swellings in the right cervical and thoracic soft tissues. The patient was sedated and humanely euthanized to prevent further pain and suffering. Post-mortem whole-body radiographs and subsequent necropsy revealed abdominal wall rupture with herniation of two near-term fetuses within the subcutaneous tissues along the right ventrolateral thoracic wall and neck. Within the abdomen, the right uterine horn was ruptured and a third extra-luminal fetus was identified. The left uterine horn remained intact, containing a fourth fetus. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: Rupture of the abdominal wall or diaphragm are well-known potential complications of blunt force trauma, such as motor vehicle accidents. While traumatic uterine rupture and diaphragmatic herniation of the gravid uterus have both been reported in the veterinary literature, abdominal wall rupture with subcutaneous fetal herniation is highly uncommon. |
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spelling | pubmed-74407302020-09-02 Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat Collins-Webb, Alexandra G Hanna, Ashley L Mehrkens, Lea R VanderHart, Daniel J JFMS Open Rep Case Report CASE SUMMARY: A stray female domestic shorthair cat was presented to the emergency service after being hit by a car. The patient was recumbent and vocalizing, with a small wound over the right lateral thorax, and two palpably firm swellings in the right cervical and thoracic soft tissues. The patient was sedated and humanely euthanized to prevent further pain and suffering. Post-mortem whole-body radiographs and subsequent necropsy revealed abdominal wall rupture with herniation of two near-term fetuses within the subcutaneous tissues along the right ventrolateral thoracic wall and neck. Within the abdomen, the right uterine horn was ruptured and a third extra-luminal fetus was identified. The left uterine horn remained intact, containing a fourth fetus. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: Rupture of the abdominal wall or diaphragm are well-known potential complications of blunt force trauma, such as motor vehicle accidents. While traumatic uterine rupture and diaphragmatic herniation of the gravid uterus have both been reported in the veterinary literature, abdominal wall rupture with subcutaneous fetal herniation is highly uncommon. SAGE Publications 2020-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7440730/ /pubmed/32884830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116920946575 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Collins-Webb, Alexandra G Hanna, Ashley L Mehrkens, Lea R VanderHart, Daniel J Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title | Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title_full | Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title_fullStr | Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title_full_unstemmed | Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title_short | Subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
title_sort | subcutaneous herniation of fetuses after blunt force trauma in a cat |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7440730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116920946575 |
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