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Martinez Zuviria S, Ciurkiewicz M, Wohlsein P, Madariaga G, Zuccolilli G. First Description of Fetal Cystic Hygroma Associated With Early Equine Pregnancy Loss. J Equine Vet Sci 2022; 119:104148. [PMID: 36404492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2022.104148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cystic hygroma (hygroma cysticum) is a malformation that has not yet been described as a cause of early pregnancy loss in equines. The condition is a congenital anomaly occurring during embryogenesis due to a failure in which the primitive lymphatic sac does not reach the venous system at the jugular vein, resulting in a lymphatic stasis that starts in the neck region and continues to the rest of the body. From 2015 to 2020, a total of 5,730 ultrasound examinations were performed in mares from 43 different horse farms and embryo transfer farms when sexing pregnancies. In 12 pregnant mares, a suspected fetal cystic hygroma was diagnosed via transrectal ultrasound performed from day 52 to 75 of pregnancy. Six fetuses were collected and fixed to conduct histopathological and karyotyping. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis supported the suggested diagnosis being the first description of cystic hygroma in equine fetuses and concluded as a cause of pregnancy loss around 65 days of gestation.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Patología Especial Veterinaria "Dr. B. Epstein" Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Anatomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Espinosa J, Ferreras MC, García D, Vallejo R, Pérez V. Case Report: Multiple Cavernous Pericardial Lymphangioma (Pericardial Lymphangiomatosis) in a Captive Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus brookei). Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:662157. [PMID: 33937381 PMCID: PMC8079740 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.662157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A 12-year-old female peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus brookei) from a private raptor breeding facility that presented a good body condition, died suddenly without showing previous symptoms. At necropsy, in the coelomic cavity, multiple cystic structures demarcated by a thin transparent wall and filled with a serous content were observed. They were firmly adhered to the cranial part of the epicardium and adjacent tissues and occupied the entire thoracic area of the coelomic cavity. Microscopically, emerging simultaneously from several areas the epicardium, multiple irregular channels and cystic spaces, lined by a single endothelial cell layer and separated by fibrovascular septa containing smooth muscle tissue, were observed. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that the neoplastic endothelial cells positively immunolabelled for the pan-endothelial marker factor VIII-related antigen but immunostained negative for cytokeratins (PCK26) while strong positivity for sarcomeric α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) was detected in the cystic walls. Based on the morphological and immunohistochemical findings, lesions were determined as consistent with a multiple cavernous pericardial lymphangioma, or pericardial lymphangiomatosis, a rare vascular neoplasm. The animal also showed a diffuse chronic perihepatitis, a necrotic area in the liver and foci of cartilaginous metaplasia and calcification in the aorta and vena cava. Literature review, particularly on the epidemiology of lymphangioma, demonstrated the rarity of this tumor in the different animal species and in this location, particularly in birds, being the first report of this type of tumor in a peregrine falcon.
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- José Espinosa
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Universidad de León, León, Spain
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Savage VL, Cudmore LA, Russell CM, Railton DI, Begg AP, Collins NM, Adkins AR. Intra-abdominal cystic lymphangiomatosis in a Thoroughbred foal. EQUINE VET EDUC 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/eve.12685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- V. L. Savage
- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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- Vetnostics; North Ryde New South Wales Australia
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- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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- Scone Equine Hospital; Scone New South Wales Australia
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Carvalho A, Munhoz T, Toma H, Pires M, Kommers G, Galiza G. Hemangiossarcoma ocular em um equino: relato de caso. ARQ BRAS MED VET ZOO 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-4162-8065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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O hemangiossarcoma ocular na espécie equina é um tumor maligno, raro e agressivo, de origem vascular endotelial. No presente trabalho, descreve-se um caso de hemangiossarcoma ocular em uma égua de 10 anos que apresentava secreção serossanguinolenta advinda de uma massa, acometendo a conjuntiva bulbar e a terceira pálpebra do olho direito. O diagnóstico foi realizado com base na avaliação histopatológica e na imuno-histoquímica. Foi realizada a enucleação, assim como a completa excisão cirúrgica do tecido acometido, não sendo observada, após seis meses da terapia, a recidiva ou a metástase da lesão.
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Correction: Comparison of anamnestic responses to rabies vaccination in dogs and cats with current and out-of-date vaccination status. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2015; 246:850. [DOI: 10.2460/javma.246.8.850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gerding JC, Gilger BC, Montgomery SA, Clode AB. Presumed primary ocular lymphangiosarcoma with metastasis in a miniature horse. Vet Ophthalmol 2015; 18:502-9. [PMID: 25581559 DOI: 10.1111/vop.12249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A 7-year-old, 153.0-kg American Miniature mare presented for evaluation of keratoconjunctivitis of the right eye (OD). A superior palpebral conjunctival mass and stromal keratitis were diagnosed. The incisional biopsy diagnosis was a presumptive corneal hemangiosarcoma. Transpalpebral enucleation was performed, and histopathologic evaluation confirmed angiosarcoma of the conjunctiva, cornea, and extraocular muscles. The horse developed progressive epistaxis and orbital swelling following surgery. A systemic workup was performed 3 months after enucleation, revealing regrowth within the orbit and marked cranial cervical lymphomegaly, suggestive of metastasis. Humane euthanasia was performed, and necropsy confirmed a locally invasive periorbital tumor with metastasis to the submandibular tissue, submandibular lymph node, and thoracic inlet. Histopathologic evaluation of necropsy specimens revealed polygonal to spindle neoplastic cells lining neoplastic vascular channels lacking erythrocytes. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells labeled strongly positive for PROX-1, vimentin, CD-31, VEGF, weakly positive for factor VIII-related antigen, and negative for collagen IV. Based on the clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical features of this tumor, a primary ocular lymphangiosarcoma with metastasis was diagnosed.
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- Joseph C Gerding
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.,North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.,North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7525, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.,North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.,Port city Veterinary Referral Hospital, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, USA
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Thongtharb A, Chambers JK, Uchida K, Watanabe KI, Takahashi A, Mochizuki M, Nishimura R, Nakayama H. Lymphangiosarcoma with systemic metastases in a Japanese domestic cat. J Vet Med Sci 2014; 77:371-4. [PMID: 25482607 PMCID: PMC4383788 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.14-0502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A 4-year-2-month-old female Japanese domestic cat was diagnosed with lymphangiosarcoma through tissue biopsy of an amputated leg. Two months later, the cat was euthanized, and postmortem findings revealed edema, and bruising at the caudal region of the trunk, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary nodules and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Microscopically, neoplastic tissues were observed in the dermis and subcutis of the trunk, lung, mediastinal lymph nodes, diaphragm, omentum and mesentery. The tumor cells were spindle to polygonal-shaped with nuclear pleomorphism aligning along pre-existing collagen bundles and forming irregular vascular channels in which the erythrocytes were rarely observed. These cells were immunopositive for vimentin, von Willebrand factor and CD31. Based on the histopathological and immunohistochemical features, the neoplasia was diagnosed as lymphangiosarcoma with systemic metastases.
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- Atigan Thongtharb
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Hoepp NC, Kim DY, Berent LM, Reed SK. What is your diagnosis? Fluid surrounding a submandibular mass from a horse. Vet Clin Pathol 2013; 42:531-2. [PMID: 24102533 DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Natalie C Hoepp
- Department of Pathobiology, Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Missouri Veterinary, Medical Teaching Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA
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Sleeckx N, Van Brantegem L, Fransen E, Van den Eynden G, Casteleyn C, Veldhuis Kroeze E, Van Ginneken C. Evaluation of Immunohistochemical Markers of Lymphatic and Blood Vessels in Canine Mammary Tumours. J Comp Pathol 2013; 148:307-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Oomen AM, Moleman M, van den Belt AJM, Brommer H. An atypical case of recurrent cellulitis/lymphangitis in a Dutch Warmblood horse treated by surgical intervention. EQUINE VET EDUC 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2012.00385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gupta A, Bhaskaran M, Storey E, Carter RT, Wakamatsu N, Gaunt SD. What is your diagnosis? Fine-needle aspirate of a third eyelid mass in a Paint horse. Vet Clin Pathol 2012; 41:299-300. [PMID: 22486386 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165x.2012.00420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Aradhana Gupta
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Holzhausen L, Nowak M, Junginger J, Puff C. Synovial hemangioma in an adult horse. J Vet Diagn Invest 2012; 24:427-30. [PMID: 22362528 DOI: 10.1177/1040638711433355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A 15-year-old gelding presented with a progressive lameness of the left forelimb of 2.5 months duration. Clinically, a dilation of the deep flexor tendon sheath with a firm elastic consistency and a pronounced tenderness was noted. Ultrasonically, a marked swelling of the flexor tendon sheath with an irregular density of the mesotendineum was observed. The white, firm material forming a nodular distension of the flexor tendon sheath with a diameter of approximately 1 cm was excised and sent for histopathological examination. Biopsies of the deep flexor tendon and corresponding tendon sheath were sent for histopathological evaluation. Histologically, the mass consisted of clefts and numerous anastomosing vascular channels extending between the collagen fibers of the deep flexor tendon. These capillary-like spaces were lined by neoplastic cells that were flattened to polygonal and contained few erythrocytes. There was 0 to 1 mitotic figure per 10 high power fields (400×). Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells stained positive for vimentin and factor VIII-related antigen. Adjacent to the neoplastic endothelial cells located pericytes expressed α-smooth muscle actin antigen. Based on the histopathological and immunohistochemical features, synovial hemangioma was diagnosed. One year after surgery, the horse has shown no lameness.
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- Lars Holzhausen
- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Sun Y, Jia J, Zhang W, Liu B, Zhang Z, Zhao Y. A Reproducible In-vivo Model of Lymphatic Malformation in Rats. J Comp Pathol 2011; 145:390-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Revised: 01/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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