ABDOMINAL DISTENSION CAUSED BY BILATERAL DYSGERMINOMAS

A 10-year-old intact female German Wirehaired Pointer with abdominal d istention underwent surgical removal of large, bilateral ovarian masse s determined histologically to be dysgerminomas. Dysgerminomas are ova rian tumors originating from undifferentiated primordial germ cells. O varian tumors are one of several differential diagnoses to be consider ed when the presenting signs are abdominal distention without peritone al effusion. Conversely, abdominal distention is probably the most fre quent presenting symptom of ovarian neoplasia.