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Volume 17 (12): 625-629, 2013. Extensively Redacted 2017.
Cutaneous hemangiosarcoma in an ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Omid Azari1*,
Amin Derakhshanfar2, Darush Vosough1
1Department(s) of Clinical Sciences, 2Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of
Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
ABSTRACT
Azari O, Derakhshanfar
A, Vosough D., Cutaneous hemangiosarcoma
in an ostrich (Struthio camelus),
Onl J Vet Res., 17 (12):
625-629, 2013. A cutaneous hemangiosarcoma on the leg of an ostrich is described. A 2-year-old intact female ostrich was presented with a 3-month
history of a mass on the lateral surface of left
tibia. On physical examination, the ostrich
had normal vital symptoms and good appetite with
mild lameness. An ultrasound revealed a mass of variable echogenicity (usually hyperechoic),
and heterogeneous parenchymal texture with well defined
margin. The bird was referred to surgery for
excision of the mass. Grossly, a highly
vascularized mass was observed in the lateral surface of the distal tibia,
which extended to the subcutaneous tissue. The
bird died during surgery because of excessive and
uncontrollable hemorrhage. At necropsy, the mass was distinct from underneath tissues such as
hock joint capsule, tibial bone and muscles, and
there was no abnormality in other organs. Histopathologic
examination of the mass revealed a cutaneous hemangiosarcoma
which to the authors knowledge, has not been described in ostriches.
Keywords: Ostrich, Hemangiosarcoma, Skin
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