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Cell Population Analyses During Skin Carcinogenesis
Published on: August 21, 2013
Benign fibrous histiocytoma of prepuce in the mule
G Rapisarda1, F Marino, G Ferrara
1Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
Here we present a case of preputial benign fibrous histiocytoma in a 7-year-old mule. This case was treated surgically. Pathologic analysis and diagnosis of these lesions were based on a combination of light microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Histologically, the tumour was composed primarily of a storiform pattern of fibroblastic and poligonal cells. In immunohistochemistry, except for consistent immunoreactivity for vimentin, nearly all tumour cells were positive for CD68, S-100 protein, pan-cytokeratin, alpha-smooth muscle actin, and desmin. Benign fibrous histiocytoma of the prepuce in mule is rarely reported in veterinary literature.

