Two weeks ago a paper was published in the Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica journal.  The first reported case of an Endometrioma in a dog.  A German Shepherd, to be precise.  Now don’t be too surprised; primates have been found to develope endometriosis: gorillas, monkeys, and baboons.  But this is the first time captured in literature that an animal has developed an Endometrioma.  What’s that?  A blood-filled cyst consistent with Endometriosis, sometimes referred to as a Chocolate Cyst.

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