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Case Report

Penile Varicose Vein in Akita inu, 7-Year-Old Dog: A Clinico-Pathological Study

by
Simona Attard
1,
Luisa Vera Muscatello
2,3,
Giuseppe Mazzullo
4 and
Maria Carmela Pisu
1,*
1
VRC—Centro di Referenza Veterinario, 10138 Torino, Italy
2
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia, Italy
3
MyLav La Vallonea, Laboratorio di Analisi Veterinarie, 20017 Milan, Italy
4
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(2), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020047
Submission received: 28 November 2021 / Revised: 16 January 2022 / Accepted: 24 January 2022 / Published: 27 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Anatomy, Histology and Pathology)
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Abstract

Penile varicose veins are a rare lesion described in human medicine. A seven-year-old intact Akita inu male dog presented with a red penile neoformation. It was further referred for a specialist andrological examination. During the visit, ultrasonography of genital apparatus and cytology of the penile lesion were performed. A suspected neoformation of vascular origin was observed on ultrasonography. Cytology was inconclusive as composition of the sample revealed blood elements only. The neoformation was surgically removed and the excised sample was submitted for the histological examination, which revealed an anomalous varicose dilatation of the venous vascular structures. In human medicine, varicose veins are part of the spectrum of chronic venous disease and include spider telangiectasia, reticular veins, and true varicosities. Reports of penile localization of varicose veins is rare in human medicine and, to the best of our knowledge, it has never been reported in veterinary medicine.
Keywords: genital system; vascular disease; estrogen receptors; surgery genital system; vascular disease; estrogen receptors; surgery

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Attard, S.; Muscatello, L.V.; Mazzullo, G.; Pisu, M.C. Penile Varicose Vein in Akita inu, 7-Year-Old Dog: A Clinico-Pathological Study. Vet. Sci. 2022, 9, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020047

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Attard S, Muscatello LV, Mazzullo G, Pisu MC. Penile Varicose Vein in Akita inu, 7-Year-Old Dog: A Clinico-Pathological Study. Veterinary Sciences. 2022; 9(2):47. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020047

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Attard, Simona, Luisa Vera Muscatello, Giuseppe Mazzullo, and Maria Carmela Pisu. 2022. "Penile Varicose Vein in Akita inu, 7-Year-Old Dog: A Clinico-Pathological Study" Veterinary Sciences 9, no. 2: 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020047

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Attard, S., Muscatello, L. V., Mazzullo, G., & Pisu, M. C. (2022). Penile Varicose Vein in Akita inu, 7-Year-Old Dog: A Clinico-Pathological Study. Veterinary Sciences, 9(2), 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020047

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