title: Three cases of ovarian epidermoid cysts in cattle.
abstract: Three cases of bovine, ovarian epidermoid cysts were diagnosed as unilateral benign lesions in three out of 1,971 cows at slaughter. A stratified, cornifying, and squamous epithelium without associated skin adnexal structures or tissues from other embryonic tissue layers lined the cysts. The cysts were small, usually multiple, and contained keratin debris. Macroscopically, they resembled abscesses. These are benign, congenital lesions that are a separate entity from dermoids and teratomas, and they appear to have a higher incidence in cattle with Bos indicus breeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. jedwards@cvm.tamu.edu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*