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Extraskeletal osteoma in a canary (Serinus canaria)

Document Type : Clinical Report

Authors

Moosa Javdani 1
Mohammad Hashemnia 2
Zahra Nikousefat 3
Mohammad Ghasemi 1

1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract
Osteoma is an uncommon bone tumor in avian species and other animals. A 2-year-old male canary (Serinus canaria) with a history of an oval mass in the left wing for several months was examined. Radiographs showed a radio-opaque mass. Upon the bird’s owner request, the canary was euthanatized and submitted for necropsy. The histopathologic examination revealed numerous trabeculae consisting of both woven and lamellar bone covered by one to several rows of normal osteoblasts. The trabeculae were closely packed, having only small intertrabecular spaces which contained proliferating osteoblasts, sinusoids and myeloid tissue. Based on clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic findings, the mass was diagnosed as extraskeletal osteoma. To the best of authors’ knowledge, extraskeletal osteoma has not been reported in in avian species so far, and this is the first report of osteoma tumor in the birds. However, benign tumors of bones are extremely rare in the birds, osteoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis in the birds with bone lesions.

Keywords

Avian
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Extraskeletal osteoma
Histopathology

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Veterinary Research Forum
Volume 8, Issue 3
September 2017
Pages 265-268

  • Receive Date 15 September 2017

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