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Stump pyometra in a spayed female dog secondary to tamoxifen.

Caryn M EhrhardtAdesola OdunayoKristina PascuttiJose CarvajalKathleen HamAutumn Nourse Harris
Published in: Veterinary medicine and science (2022)
This report describes a complication of treatment of a rarely described clinical disease. While most cases of stump pyometra involve ovarian remnant syndrome, this case report describes a stump pyometra in a dog without remnant tissue that was undergoing treatment with tamoxifen. Tamoxifen has been reported to cause pyometra in intact female dogs. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report to describe a stump pyometra in a spayed female dog, secondary to the use of tamoxifen.
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