Naturally occurring multiple perineuriomas in a chicken (Gallus domesticus)

Vet Pathol. 2008 Sep;45(5):685-9. doi: 10.1354/vp.45-5-685.

Abstract

A 2-year-old, male Japanese native fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) was presented with an inability to feed and torticollis. At a necropsy, there were cylindrical enlargements and yellow discoloration of multiple peripheral nerves, including nerves of the lumbosacral plexus, brachial plexus, and spinal ganglia. On histologic examination, these lesions consisted of diffuse proliferations of spindle cells with characteristic onion bulb-like structures around residual axons. The spindle cells were immunohistochemically positive for glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and negative for S-100 alpha/beta proteins. On the basis of microscopic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings, the tumors were diagnosed as multiple perineuriomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Avian Leukosis / pathology
  • Avian Leukosis / virology
  • Avian Leukosis Virus / genetics
  • Avian Leukosis Virus / growth & development
  • Chickens*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Male
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / virology
  • Poultry Diseases / pathology*
  • Poultry Diseases / virology
  • RNA, Viral / chemistry
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary

Substances

  • RNA, Viral