TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhabdomyosarcoma in a racing pigeon (Columba livia)
AU - Fernández-Bellon, H.
AU - Martorell, J.
AU - Ramis, A.
AU - Rabanal Prados, Rosa Maria
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - An adult racing pigeon (Columba livia) was presented with a subcutaneous mass on the ventral aspect of the right wing. A fine-needle aspirate and radiographic study of the mass were suggestive of highly invasive sarcomatous neoplasm. Euthanasia was decided because of the poor prognosis. Necropsy confirmed the highly invasive nature of the neoplasm, which also occupied a large portion of the right breast. There also was extensive osteolysis of the sternum with neoplastic invasion of the left breast and the coelomic cavity. Histopathology revealed a highly cellular, poorly demarcated, unencapsulated invasive sarcoma. Immunohistochemistry was positive for muscle actin, and myoglobin, weakly positive for vimentin, and negative for desmin, neuron-specific enolase and S-100 protein, suggesting a diagnosis of undifferentiated rhabdomyosarcoma.
AB - An adult racing pigeon (Columba livia) was presented with a subcutaneous mass on the ventral aspect of the right wing. A fine-needle aspirate and radiographic study of the mass were suggestive of highly invasive sarcomatous neoplasm. Euthanasia was decided because of the poor prognosis. Necropsy confirmed the highly invasive nature of the neoplasm, which also occupied a large portion of the right breast. There also was extensive osteolysis of the sternum with neoplastic invasion of the left breast and the coelomic cavity. Histopathology revealed a highly cellular, poorly demarcated, unencapsulated invasive sarcoma. Immunohistochemistry was positive for muscle actin, and myoglobin, weakly positive for vimentin, and negative for desmin, neuron-specific enolase and S-100 protein, suggesting a diagnosis of undifferentiated rhabdomyosarcoma.
U2 - 10.1080/03079450310001610712
DO - 10.1080/03079450310001610712
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 613
EP - 616
JO - Avian Pathology
JF - Avian Pathology
SN - 0307-9457
IS - 6
ER -