Malignant pheochromocytoma in a pig

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2012 Jan;24(1):207-10. doi: 10.1177/1040638711425949. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Abstract

Endocrine tumors are rarely observed in pigs, and pheochromocytomas have been only punctually described. The current report describes a white and firm, 15-cm in diameter, neoplastic mass located in the adrenal gland with metastasis to regional lymph nodes in a 2.5-year-old sow. The masses had marked desmoplasia that supported a population of polygonal-to-spindle-shaped neoplastic cells arranged into cords and packets within a delicate fibrovascular stroma. Immunohistochemical staining of the tumor was positive for chromogranin and negative for neurofilament protein in adrenal and lymph node masses, which was characteristic of a malignant pheochromocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Adrenal Glands / pathology
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis
  • Pheochromocytoma / pathology
  • Pheochromocytoma / veterinary*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / diagnosis
  • Swine Diseases / pathology*