title: Simultaneous seminoma and interstitial cell tumour in a rabbit with a previous cutaneous basal cell tumour.
abstract: The development of spontaneous multiple tumours is a rare event in domestic rabbits. The diagnosis of a cutaneous basal cell tumour and the successive development of simultaneous bilateral testicular tumours with dissimilar histology (a seminoma and an interstitial cell tumour) are described in a vasectomized, crossbred dwarf rabbit, aged 6 years. Two cases of basalioma associated with uterine adenocarcinoma have been previously described in rabbits. A similar association between basal cell neoplasia and development of tumours (e.g., testicular and breast cancer) at cutaneous and non-cutaneous sites has been reported in man.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia ed Igiene Veterinaria, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roccabianca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghisleni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scanziani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D018295:Neoplasms, Basal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011817:Rabbits; D018239:Seminoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*