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My spayed cat has painful vaginal lumps and swelling. What is it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Longhair | Female | spayed

My cat is 4 yrs and she is spayed. Lately she has developed an external issue with anal/vaginal swelling. My vet said there was nothing internal. The trouble is she has lumps vaginally and it hurts her.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on June 23rd, 2018

If she is experiencing vaginal swelling i would suspect an ectopic ovarian cyst (this can happen regardless of the spay procedure. if this issue does not resolve after a while the solution is usually a surgery to look for the ovarian remenent cyst in the abdominal cavity.

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