Thoracic teratoma in a white Pekin duck (Anas platyrhinchos domesticus)

Avian Dis. 2002 Apr-Jun;46(2):493-6. doi: 10.1637/0005-2086(2002)046[0493:TTIAWP]2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

Teratomas are infrequent tumors in domestic fowl and have been rarely reported in ducks. It appears that the only case of mediastinal teratoma in a Pekin duck was observed by Alezais and Cotte in 1908. A lobulated, firm mass occupied the thorax of a 7-mo-old male white Pekin duck (Anas platyrhinchos domesticus). The tumor was composed of squamous epithelium, feather follicles, glandular epithelium, bone and cartilage, and thymus and was classified as tridermic, thoracic teratoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ducks*
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Poultry Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Poultry Diseases / pathology
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / veterinary*