title: [First description of a desmoid tumor in a goat and comparative observations to human fibromatosis. Case report].
abstract: The macroscopical, histological, and ultrastructural aspects of the abdominal and extra-abdominal desmoid tumour are reported in a 1 1/2-year old goat (breed: Nera-Verzasca, Tessin mountain goat). Macroscopically, the disease was characterized by glassy, whitish, very hard, plate-forming masses found in the abdominal wall and in the medial aspect of the upper hind limbs. Histologically, the masses consisted of well differentiated fibroblasts which locally infiltrated the surrounding tissues. No capsule formation was found. On electron microscopy, the cells appeared to be active, young, collagen-producing fibroblasts. The pathogenesis of this disease is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierpathologie, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tontis
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006041:Goats; D006614:Hindlimb; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000662:veterinary
vernacular_title: Erstbeschreibung eines Desmoidtumors bei einer Ziege und vergleichende Betrachtungen mit der menschlichen Fibromatose. Fallbericht.