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Thoracic and Abdominal Mesothelioma in an Older Horse in Lazio Region. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12192560. [PMID: 36230301 PMCID: PMC9559699 DOI: 10.3390/ani12192560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Mesothelioma in the equine species is poorly described in Italy. It is important to make an early and error-free diagnosis for a correct clinical approach, as well as to establish the triggering cause of this neoplasm. The etiology, most likely of an environmental nature, would reveal a valid biological indicator in the horse, far from urbanized centers. Abstract A Quarter Horse, a gelding aged 22, was subjected to a clinical examination for colic syndrome. During admission to the clinic, blood counts and ultrasound examination were performed. Ultrasound revealed abdominal masses and abundant accumulation of pleural (50 L) and abdominal fluid (100 L). Cytology was performed on the aspirated fluid. The patient was euthanized. The autopsy examination revealed abundant effusion and nodular masses on the peritoneum, omentum, lungs, heart, and mediastinum. A diagnosis of epithelioid mesothelioma was made via histopathology and confirmed with immunohistochemistry; it showed positive antibodies against cytokeratin (CK) and vimentin. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer in older horses. It is important to employ the correct differential diagnostics using the available methods, providing valid ante-mortem support to the clinical veterinarian and monitoring the territory using this species as a valid biological indicator.
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Fortin JS, Royal AB, Kuroki K. Concurrent thoracic mesothelioma and thyroid C-cell adenoma with amyloid deposition in an aged horse. Vet Med Sci 2017; 4:63-70. [PMID: 29468082 PMCID: PMC5813108 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A 21‐year‐old American Saddlebred mare died with a history of weight loss and breathing difficulties of 1 month duration. Post‐mortem examination revealed a copious pleural effusion with multifocal to coalescing numerous white to grey nodular masses on the serosal surface of the pericardium, lungs and thoracic cavity. In addition, the left thyroid gland was markedly enlarged. A thoracic mesothelioma and C‐cell adenoma with amyloid deposits of the left thyroid gland were diagnosed by histopathology and confirmed by immunohistochemistry employing antibodies against cytokeratin (CK), vimentin and calcitonin. Amyloid deposits in the thyroid tumour were confirmed by Congo red staining with apple‐green birefringence under polarized light. Mesothelioma remains an uncommon neoplasm encountered in aged horses. Discussion includes the diagnostic challenge of differentiating carcinomatosis from mesothelioma by histology and differentiating reactive and neoplastic mesothelial cells by cytology.
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- Jessica S Fortin
- Veterinary Medical Diagnostic LaboratoryUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Veterinary Medical Diagnostic LaboratoryUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Veterinary Medical Diagnostic LaboratoryUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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May J, Fews D, Tennant K, Mair T. Diagnostic dichotomy: A question of thoracic mesothelioma. EQUINE VET EDUC 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/eve.12550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- J. May
- Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic; Mereworth Maidstone Kent UK
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- Veterinary Pathology; School of Veterinary Science; Bristol UK
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- Diagnostic Laboratories; Langford Veterinary Services; Langford House; Langford Bristol UK
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- Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic; Mereworth Maidstone Kent UK
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Schappa JT, Foutz CA, Olson EJ, Armien AG, Ward C, Sharkey LC. What is your diagnosis? Bicavitary effusion in a horse. Vet Clin Pathol 2017; 46:189-190. [DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jill T. Schappa
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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- Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
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Kondo H, Wickins SC, Conway JA, Mallicote MF, Sanchez LC, Agnew DW, Farina LL, Abbott JR. Cranial Mediastinal Liposarcoma in a Horse. Vet Pathol 2012; 49:1040-2. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985811432348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A 23-year-old Anglo-Arabian mare was presented with tachypnea, dyspnea, and pitting edema of the ventral thoracic subcutis. On necropsy, a tan to red, friable, irregularly shaped mass (23 × 20 × 18 cm) occupied the cranial mediastinum. Histologically, the mass was classified as a liposarcoma and was composed of short interlacing bundles of spindle-shaped to irregularly rounded cells with discrete, variably sized, clear cytoplasmic vacuoles, which were stained with oil red O in frozen sections of formalin-fixed tissue.
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- H. Kondo
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, Florida
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- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Michigan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Dobromylskyj MJ, Copas V, Durham A, Hughes TK, Patterson-Kane JC. Disseminated lipid-rich peritoneal mesothelioma in a horse. J Vet Diagn Invest 2011; 23:615-8. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638711403902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A 9-year-old Haflinger mare presented to the Liphook Equine Hospital with a history of weight loss, azotemia, and repeated episodes of ascites over a period of 10 days. The horse was euthanized after exploratory laparotomy revealed large numbers of variably sized masses distributed throughout the peritoneal cavity. Macroscopically, some masses were papillary, while others were nodular. Histologically, the masses were comprised of large to giant, variably shaped, and occasionally multinucleated neoplastic cells with marked anisokaryosis and anisocytosis and a high mitotic rate. Small to moderate numbers of neoplastic cells were swollen by 1 to several, moderately sized to large, clear, circular or ovoid vacuoles, which stained positive with oil red O. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells co-expressed vimentin and cytokeratin. Electron microscopy demonstrated tumor cells with tight junctions, microvilli, and numerous intracytoplasmic lipid droplets. These findings are consistent with a lipid-rich form of mesothelioma, which should be considered as a differential diagnosis if lipid vacuoles are present in potentially neoplastic cells in equine abdominocentesis samples.
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- Melanie J. Dobromylskyj
- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (Dobromylskyj, Patterson-Kane)
- Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Copas, Durham, Hughes)
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (Dobromylskyj, Patterson-Kane)
- Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Copas, Durham, Hughes)
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (Dobromylskyj, Patterson-Kane)
- Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Copas, Durham, Hughes)
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (Dobromylskyj, Patterson-Kane)
- Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Copas, Durham, Hughes)
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (Dobromylskyj, Patterson-Kane)
- Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Copas, Durham, Hughes)
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LaCarrubba AM, Johnson PJ, Whitney MS, Miller MA, Lattimer JC. Hypoglycemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome Associated with Peritoneal Mesothelioma in a Horse. J Vet Intern Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2006.tb01822.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Tumors of the equine respiratory tract occur infrequently. An accurate diagnosis of neoplasia of the respiratory tract is critical because the prognosis is usually grave. The clinical signs and diagnostic procedures are discussed for tumors of the nasal and paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx/larynx, guttural pouch and thorax including lung, pleura, and thymus.
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- W K Scarratt
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, USA
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