Apocrine adenocarcinoma of possible sweat gland origin in a male rabbit.
A five-year-old, male crossbreed rabbit was referred for acute caudal abdominal swelling. On physical examination, the rabbit was slightly depressed and showed an enlarged subcutaneous cyst in the caudal abdomen and an adjacent small, ulcerated solid mass. A drainage tube was placed in the cystic area, and surgical resection of the solid mass was performed. The histopathological diagnosis of the mass was apocrine adenocarcinoma. To the authors' knowledge, this report describes the first case of spontaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma of possible sweat gland origin in a male rabbit.
Miwa
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Y
Laboratory of Veterinary Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Mochiduki
M
M
Nakayama
H
H
Shibuya
N
N
Ogawa
H
H
Sasaki
N
N
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*