title: Reinke's crystals in an interstitial cell tumour of a rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
abstract: One case of interstitial cell tumour in the testicle of a New Zealand White rabbit was reported. The rabbit was 9-years old and had monolateral testicular lesion. There was enlargement of left testis and the lesion were seen on the cut surface. Light microscopy revealed intracytoplasmic crystals of Reinke that resembled to the features observed for this tumour in human. Immunohistochemically, this tumour was positive for vimentin.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria - Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galofaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003460:Crystallization; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000473:pathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*