A 12-year-old male pigeon (Columba livia) demonstrated anorexia, lethargy, emaciation, and loose droppings on clinical examination. The most striking finding was the distention of the abdominal region caused by the presence of a soft tissue mass, which was detected by palpation. Radiographs and surgery thereafter confirmed the presence of the solid tissue mass, which was diagnosed as a Sertoli cell tumor on histopathologic examination. Sertoli cell tumors are rare in birds, and this is the first known report of this tumor in a pigeon.
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1 December 2005
Sertoli Cell Tumor in a Pigeon (Columba livia)
Jamshid Razmyar,
Omid Dezfoulian,
Bahram Shojadoost,
Majid Masoudifard,
Seyed Mostafa Peighambari
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 19 • No. 4
December 2005
Vol. 19 • No. 4
December 2005
abdominal distention
Avian
Columba livia
pigeon
Sertoli cell tumor