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Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report

BACKGROUND: Cystic hygromas (lymphangiomas) are rarely reported in various animal species, humans included. A hygroma is a benign congenital malformation of the lymphatic drainage system, presenting itself as a mass consisting of multiple cysts of various sizes with a watery content. CASE PRESENTATI...

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Autores principales: Holleboom, R. G., Bombosch, D., Wispels, M. M. H., Giglia, G., Tobias, T. J.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9524065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36180929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-022-00285-8
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author Holleboom, R. G.
Bombosch, D.
Wispels, M. M. H.
Giglia, G.
Tobias, T. J.
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Bombosch, D.
Wispels, M. M. H.
Giglia, G.
Tobias, T. J.
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description BACKGROUND: Cystic hygromas (lymphangiomas) are rarely reported in various animal species, humans included. A hygroma is a benign congenital malformation of the lymphatic drainage system, presenting itself as a mass consisting of multiple cysts of various sizes with a watery content. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes clinical, ultrasonographic, and post-mortem findings of a cystic hygroma in a suckling pig. The mass was characterized by a few thin-walled cysts, containing clear yellow serous fluid. Histologically, the central cavity was lined by a single layer of squamous cells, supported by a thick fibrous stroma. On immunohistochemistry, scattered lining cells were weakly positive for Factor-VIII, suggesting their possible endothelial origin. CONCLUSIONS: This case report contributes to raising awareness on this condition in pigs allowing early identification in life so that appropriate care can be provided. The case report attributes to science on hygromas in general, as better understanding of pathologic features, the aetiology and appropriate treatment are needed.
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spelling pubmed-95240652022-10-01 Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report Holleboom, R. G. Bombosch, D. Wispels, M. M. H. Giglia, G. Tobias, T. J. Porcine Health Manag Case Report BACKGROUND: Cystic hygromas (lymphangiomas) are rarely reported in various animal species, humans included. A hygroma is a benign congenital malformation of the lymphatic drainage system, presenting itself as a mass consisting of multiple cysts of various sizes with a watery content. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes clinical, ultrasonographic, and post-mortem findings of a cystic hygroma in a suckling pig. The mass was characterized by a few thin-walled cysts, containing clear yellow serous fluid. Histologically, the central cavity was lined by a single layer of squamous cells, supported by a thick fibrous stroma. On immunohistochemistry, scattered lining cells were weakly positive for Factor-VIII, suggesting their possible endothelial origin. CONCLUSIONS: This case report contributes to raising awareness on this condition in pigs allowing early identification in life so that appropriate care can be provided. The case report attributes to science on hygromas in general, as better understanding of pathologic features, the aetiology and appropriate treatment are needed. BioMed Central 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9524065/ /pubmed/36180929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-022-00285-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Holleboom, R. G.
Bombosch, D.
Wispels, M. M. H.
Giglia, G.
Tobias, T. J.
Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
title Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
title_full Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
title_fullStr Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
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title_short Cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
title_sort cystic hygroma in a female suckling pig: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9524065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36180929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-022-00285-8
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