title: Omental leiomyoma in a male adult horse.
abstract: A well-circumscribed mass 70 x 35 x 28 cm in size and 41 kg in weight was detected at necropsy in a male adult horse within the omentum major without any association to the gastrointestinal tract. The tumor consisted of multiple white-to-yellow lobules and displayed a firm consistency. In addition, multiple cysts filled with blood-like fluid, and multifocal areas of necrosis were observed. Histologically, the mass consisted of slightly pleomorphic spindloid-shaped cells arranged in interlacing bundles containing elongated nuclei with blunt ends. The majority of tumor cells revealed a positive immunoreaction for alpha-smooth muscle actin, vimentin, and neuron-specific enolase and were negative for S-100, factor VIII-related antigen, and glial fibrillary acidic protein. Few tumor cells showed expression of desmin and c-kit. On the basis of macroscopy, histology, and immunohistochemistry, an omental leiomyoma was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schaudien
authors.forename: J M V
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baumgärtner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology*