Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 1

A case report of cavernous haemangioma in the liver of a Wistar rat

  • Author:
  • P. Krishnamoorthy1,, C. Balachandran2, M. R. Gajendragad1, K. Prabhudas1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2010
  • Page Number: 76 to 77

1Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (PD-ADMAS), IVRI Campus, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, Karnataka

2department of Veterinary Pathology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-600007, Tamilnadu

*Corresponding author

Abstract

A rare case of cavernous haemangioma of liver in a 44 weeks-old female Wistar albino rat is presented in this case report. The abdominal cavity of rat was enlarged and on palpation freely movable mass was observed. Grossly, the mass was reddish blade in colour with 5 cm in diameter and histopathology revealed large blood filled spaces communicating with eadi other, lined by single layer of endothélium, vacuolar degeneration of hepatocytes and bile duct hyperplasia were observed.

Keywords

Cavernous haemangioma, Liver, Wistar rat