CLINICAL REPORTin bitches most often consist of broad ligament anduterine horns (Formston, 1990).In the present case, the history and the clinicalsigns were similar to the reportes of Jahromi et al.(2009). Byers et al. (2007) had reported a case ofinguinal hernia in a dog with signs of oestrusapproximately three to four weeks beforepresentation and substantial increase in size ofinguinal swelling two to three weeks prior topresentation. The condition has to be differentiallydiagnosed from mammary tumours, cysts, lipomas,enlarged lymph nodes, abscesses and hematomas.The chances of traumatic inguinal hernia were alsoruled out as the dog was in normal body conditionand had no history of trauma. Though a diagnosis ofbilateral inguinal herniation could be diagnosedbefore surgery, the hernial contents could beconfirmed only through surgical correction. Insteadof a midline approach for bilateral inguinal herniarepair in bitches, the conventional approach wasselected as it could facilitate better visualisation ofboth inguinal rings (Waters et al., 1993). Thecontents of the left and right hernial sacs were almostthe same as in the report of Jahromi et al. (2009).Ovariohysterectomy was also recommendedconsidering (Fossum, 2007) the probable heritablenature of this disease (Roberts, 1986). The mostcommon post-operative complications observed indogs undergone surgical repair of inguinal herniaincluded hematoma or seroma formation, incisionalinfection, wound dehiscence, hernia recurrence,peritonitis, sepsis and death (Pratschke, 2002).However, the follow up study did not reveal anypotential post-operative complications and theanimal had an uneventful recovery.utrine horn and omentum in a beagle dog. J.Vet. Emerg. Crit. Care. 17:86-92Fossum, T. W. 2007. Surgery of the abdominal cavity.In: Small animal surgery (ed. Fossum, T. W.).rd3 Ed. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp: 317-338Hayes, H. M. 1974. Congenital umbilical andinguinal hernias in cattle, horse, swine, dogs,and cats: Risk by breed and sex amonghospital patients. Am. J. Vet. Res. 35: 839-842.Jahromi, A. R., Nazhvani, S. D., Gandmani M. J. andMehrshad, S. 2009. Concurrent bilateralinguinal and umbilical hernias in a bitch-a casereport. Vet. Arhiv. 79: 517-522.Munro, E. and Stead, C. 1993. Ultrasonographicdiagnosis of uterine entrapment in an inguinalhernia. J. Small Anim. Pract. 34: 139-141.Pratschke, K. 2002. Management of hernias andruptures in small animals. In Pract. 24: 570-581Roberts, S. J. 1986. Veterinary Obstetrics and genitalrddiseases (Theriogenology), 3 Ed. Woodstock,VT. 981pSmeak, D. D. 2003. Abdominal hernias. In: Text bookrdof small animal surgery (ed. Slatter, D.). 3 Ed.W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp: 449-470Waters, D. J., Roy, R. G. and Stone, E. A. 1993. Aretrospective study of inguinal hernia in 35dogs. Vet. Surg. 22: 44-49aAtropine Sulphate 1ml amp, MorvelbXylaxin 10 ml vial, Indian ImmunologicalsREFERENCESBellenger, C. R. 1996. Inguinal and scrotalherniation in 61 dogs. Aust. Vet. Practitioner.26: 58-59Byers, C. G., Williams, J. E. and Saylor, D. K. 2007.Pyometra with inguinal herniation of the leftcAneket 10 ml vial, Neon Laboratories Ltd.dCalmpose 2 ml ampoule, RanbaxyeVicryl 90 cm, EthiconfIntacef 500 mg vial, Intas PharmaceuticalsJIVA Vol. 10 Issue 1 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2012</strong>47
CLINICAL REPORTSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OFCERVICAL MUCOCELE IN A DOGBasavanagowda M.T., Joseph Cyrus, Md. AbidHussain and Shahid Vaseem S.A.Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) Animal Care Hospital, R. T. Nagar, BangaloreJ. Ind. Vet. Assoc., Kerala. 10 (1)CLINICAL HISTORY AND PROCEDUREA one year old mongrel male dog waspresented in the hospital with a ventral neck swellingfor the past two weeks without any evidence ofdysphagia or sialosis. Physical examination revealedthat the mass was due to collection of saliva in thedeeper structures of the intermandibular space andcondition was diagnosed as cervical mucocele.Palpation was not associated with any pain and wassoft and fluctuant. Imaging with radiography wasused to rule out foreign bodies or neoplasia.Complete blood counts and biochemistry assessmentwere within normal physiological values. Surgicalmanagement was opted.A complete excision of the gland ductcomplex and drainage of the mucocele was planned.A stab incision was made in the lumen of themucocele and digitally the lumen was palpated. Themandibular and sublingual pairs of the glands wereresected and the wound was closed leaving a drain insitu. Ceftriaxone injections at 20mg/kg. bwt. b.i.d.and liquid feeding were followed with dailythdressings. The drain was removed after the 5 dayand the wound was left to heal by second intention.The recovery was uneventful. No evidence ofxerostomia or other complications wereencountered.DISCUSSIONMucoceles are common in dogs of any agehowever male dogs are more predisposed. Most dogswith cervical or inter mandibular mucoceles areusually asymptomatic (Spangler and Culbertson,1991). They are usually caused by a salivary ductrupture or obstructions. Complete surgical removalof the affected salivary ducts and associated gland isassociated with complete resolution (DeBowes,2005).REFERENCESDeBowles, L.J., 2005. Disorders of the oral cavity.In: BSAVA Manual of Canine and FelinendGastroenterology, 2 Ed., Edt. Hall, E.J., Simpson,J. W. And Williams, D. A., BSAVA.Spangler, W.L. and Culberston, M.R. 1991 Salivarygland disease in dogs and cats: 245 cases (1985-1988), J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 198:46548