title: Bilateral testicular Leydig cells tumour in a donkey.
abstract: A rare case of a bilateral Leydig cells tumour located in the testis of a 15-year-old donkey slaughtered normally is presented. Histologically, the testicular tumour showed neoplastic Leydig cells arranged in solid growth as a pseudoadenomatous packet type. To our knowledge, this is the first bilateral Leydig cells tumour, a neoplasm never reported in the donkey.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria - Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy. fmarino@virgilio.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galofaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018397:Equidae; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*