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Sudden death of a crossbred calf associated with a myocardial adenomatoid tumour
Author(s) -
Slocombe RF
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/avj.12703
Subject(s) - ventricle , adenomatoid tumor , sudden death , lesion , pathology , medicine , anatomy , immunohistochemistry
The only lesion found in a crossbred calf that died suddenly was a rare tumour in the myocardium of the left ventricle. The mass appeared similar to tumours discovered incidentally in the hearts of abattoir specimens in Italy, described as adenomatoid tumours. These are bimorphic tumours presumed to have a mesothelial origin. Although in a published study from Italy these tumours were considered incidental and clinically unimportant, I suggest that in this case the mass may have interfered with cardiac conduction, causing sudden death of the calf.