Malignant thymoma - the most common neoplasm in goats.
goats
neoplasm
thymus
tumor
Journal
Polish journal of veterinary sciences
ISSN: 2300-2557
Titre abrégé: Pol J Vet Sci
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101125473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
entrez:
28
9
2019
pubmed:
29
9
2019
medline:
19
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In the literature the occurrence of thymomas in goats varies from 0.7 to 25%, depending on the study. Therefore the current investigation was carried out to determine the prevalence of thymoma in goats in Poland. Between 2007 and 2018 at the Warsaw Veterinary Faculty 399 goat autopsies and ultrasound examinations of the chest in other 145 goats were performed. Mediastinal tumors were diagnosed during post mortem examination in 2 goats. Additionally, ultrasound examination of the chest revealed a large mass close to the heart in the thoracic cavity in 1 case. This goat was euthanized and an autopsy confirmed a mediastinal tumor. Histopathological examination, with immunohistochemical tests to anti cytokeratin, p63 and p40 confirmed thymomas in all three cases. In our study thymomas were found in 0.5% (95% CI: 0.1% to 1.8%) of examined goats and they represented the most common malignancy in this species.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31560469
doi: 10.24425/pjvs.2019.129307
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
475-480Informations de copyright
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