Bilateral testicular germ cell-sex cord-stromal tumor in a pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)

J Avian Med Surg. 2008 Dec;22(4):315-9. doi: 10.1647/2007-017.1.

Abstract

An intact male white pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) was presented for examination because of respiratory distress and 2- to 3-month history of lameness and lethargy. Results of radiography, ultrasonography, and cytologic examination revealed a large neoplastic mass in the coelom. The duck was euthanatized, and results of necropsy revealed 2 large, lobulated masses in the coelom and a small nodule on the liver. Histopathologic examination of the large masses revealed a collision pattern testicular tumor consisting of Sertoli, seminoma, and interstitial cell components. The hepatic nodule was a metastatic lesion consistent with a Sertoli cell testicular tumor. This is the first reported case of a mixed germ cell-sex cord-stromal tumor in a duck.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ducks*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Male
  • Poultry Diseases / diagnosis
  • Poultry Diseases / pathology*
  • Seminoma / diagnosis
  • Seminoma / pathology
  • Seminoma / veterinary
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / diagnosis
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / pathology
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / veterinary*
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / pathology
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / veterinary*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Testicular Neoplasms / veterinary*