Thymoma in a domestic rabbit.
Thymic tumors are uncommon in small domestic animals, and thymomas are infrequently reported in rabbits. This report presents a 7-year-old Netherland dwarf rabbit with an anterior mediastinal mass which caused hyperpnea, open-mouth breathing, swelling of the head, and exophthalmos. The mass was composed predominantly of lymphocytes, but the presence of thymic epithelial cells established the histologic diagnosis of thymoma.
Kostolich
M
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Department of Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
Panciera
R J
RJ
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*