Subcutaneous haemangiosarcoma in a cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)

J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2006 Aug;53(6):293-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00825.x.

Abstract

An ulcerated, 1 x 0.5 cm, subcutaneous mass on the craniolateral aspect of the right tibiotarsus of a 4-year-old male cockatiel was removed. Histologically, the neoplasm was non-encapsulated, infiltrative and composed of irregular vascular channels lined by branching and variably sized spindle-shaped cells with large vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and rare mitoses. Surrounding these vascular channels were fibroblasts and mixed inflammatory cells. Neoplastic cells had diffuse immunoreactivity to factor VIII supporting a diagnosis of haemangiosarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Bird Diseases / pathology
  • Cockatoos*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology
  • Hemangiosarcoma / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / veterinary
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / veterinary*