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A pseudocystic lipoma in the European eel ( Anguilla anguilla )
Author(s) -
Easa Mohey ElS.,
Faisal M.,
Harshbarger J. C.,
Hetrick F. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1989.tb00478.x
Subject(s) - biology , polyculture , fishery , lipoma , fish <actinopterygii> , anatomy , aquaculture , pathology , medicine
Summary This is the first report of lipoma in the European eel Anguilla anguilla. In a single eel that was obtained from a polyculture fish farm in northern Egypt, a yellowish swelling (10 mm in diameter) was observed near the tip of the lower lip. The tumor was composed of mature lipocytes that occasionally fused into an unlined cystic space.