Multiple lipoma in a stray donkey (first report in veterinary literature)
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ali Asghar Mozaffari & Amin Derakhshanfar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Lipoma is a common benign tumor of welldifferentiated adipocytes, which seen in most domestic animals. A 5-year-old male stray donkey was necropsied for educational purposes in the veterinary hospital of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. The animal was cachectic, but normal in the other respects. At necropsy, the tumors were well-circumscribed, unencapsulated, soft white to yellow masses very similar to normal fat tissue. These masses were attached to stomach, small intestine, and pancreas. Microscopic findings indicated that the cells of the tumor were identical to those in normal fat tissue. Large vacuoles replaced the cytoplasm, with peripheralization of the nuclei. No necrosis, inflammation, dystrophic calcification, and fibrosis were seen. Based on the aforementioned macroscopic and histopathologic findings multiple lipoma was diagnosed. Based on author’s knowledge, multiple lipoma in various organs such as the stomach, intestine, and pancreas has not been reported in animals, especially in donkey. In conclusion, we report here a very rare case of multiple lipoma (lipomatosis) with no clinical signs in a stray donkey.
Comp Clin Pathol (2011) 20:193–194 DOI 10.1007/s00580-010-1057-7 Received: 24 April 2010 / Accepted: 24 June 2010 / Published online: 9 July 2010
