title: Bilateral malignant seminoma with metastases in the mule: a report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of bilateral malignant seminoma in the bursula testium of two mules, which had been slaughtered normally. Histologically, the testicular tumours consisted predominantly of large round to polyhedral cells with frequent mitotic figures. Metastases were found in the sublumbar lymph nodes. A final histopathological diagnosis of malignant seminoma with metastasis was made. To our knowledge, this paper appears to be the first report of two cases of bilateral malignant seminoma with metastases, in the mule.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica; Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galofaro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Consiglio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018397:Equidae; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018239:Seminoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*