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Reinke's Crystals in an Interstitial Cell Tumour of a Rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Author(s) -
Marino F,
Ferrara G,
Rapisarda G,
Galofaro V
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00453.x
Subject(s) - vimentin , lesion , pathology , rabbit (cipher) , testicle , anatomy , interstitial cell , biology , immunohistochemistry , medicine , statistics , mathematics
Contents One case of interstitial cell tumour in the testicle of a New Zealand White rabbit was reported. The rabbit was 9‐years old and had monolateral testicular lesion. There was enlargement of left testis and the lesion were seen on the cut surface. Light microscopy revealed intracytoplasmic crystals of Reinke that resembled to the features observed for this tumour in human. Immunohistochemically, this tumour was positive for vimentin.