Torção com ruptura uterina em gata – Relato de caso.

Abstract

Uterine torsion consists of a rotation of the organ on its longitudinal axis, which partially or totally prevents the passage of fetuses. The present study aims to describe the clinical-surgical case of torsion with uterine rupture in a domestic cat seen at the Veterinary Hospital of Universidade Federal da Paraíba. A mixed-breed feline with unidentified age, weighing 3,65 kg, was attended at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), with a complaint of bloody vulvar secretion. The tutor gave birth control injections frequently. Apathy, moderate dehydration, presence of vulvar and perivulvar bloody secretion, and intense abdominal distention were observed, but with other physical parameters unchanged. The following complementary exams were performed: abdominal ultrasound, blood count and serum biochemistry (ALT and creatinine). Ultrasound conclusion was a positive pregnancy diagnosis with dead fetuses. Patient was referred for exploratory laparotomy. Definitive diagnosis was torsion with uterine rupture. The permitted case allows the diagnosis and treatment of torsion with uterine rupture to be concluded, in order to allow the performance of exploratory lapariography. Emergency care was essential for the preservation of the patient's life and there was a possibility that the life of the puppies could have been preserved if the care was provided at the beginning of the signs of dystocia.