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A case report is given of a very rare spontaneous mast cell tumor in the eyelid of the left eye of a female Wistar rat used in a long-term oral toxicity study. Metastasis of the tumor had occurred in the mandibular lymph nodes and in the liver. Clinically, the animal showed blepharospasm, dacryorrhoea, and exophthalmus. Hematologic findings included slight eosinophilia and a remarkable basophilia. At necropsy, a bilateral conjunctivitis was diagnosed and a tumorous mass was found in the left submandibular region. Histologically, the tumor was composed of round to polygonal cells with pale cytoplasm, containing abundant predominantly basophilic granules. The intracytoplasmatic granules stained metachromatically with Toluidine blue and immunostained positively with serotonin. Numerous eosinophils were scattered throughout the tumor and were also present in other organs. Cells with round, oval, or indented nuclei and abundant cytoplasm, containing pronounced eosinophilic granules, were found in spleen and bone marrow. They turned out to be immature stages of eosinophilic granulocytes. Characteristics of the present tumor are compared with observations on mast cell tumors in other species.
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PMID:Brief communication, Histopathology of a spontaneously developing mast cell sarcoma in a Wistar rat. 873 93

A five-year-old crossbred dog was referred with rapidly growing masses over its penis and right popliteal lymph node. The dog had severe blepharospasm, congestion of episcleral vessels and rubeosis iridis of the left eye. A presumptive diagnosis of transmissible venereal tumour (TVT) and iridocyclitis was made based on the results of fine needle aspiration. Chemotherapy with vincristine and prednisolone was initiated and after four months the dog made a complete recovery. However, the dog subsequently relapsed, showing miosis, blepharospasm and a well defined mass within the anterior chamber of the left eye. In addition, the dog exhibited generalised 'grand mal' type seizures. Computed tomographic (CT) examination of the brain revealed two distinct masses in the left frontal lobe. Because of the poor prognosis, the owners elected to have the dog euthanased. On histopathology, metastases of TVT in the left eye and left cerebral hemisphere were found, showing no specific staining for CD3, immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgM and lambda light chains. It was therefore concluded that the tumour growth was progressive, and that there was an absence of local humoral immune response against TVT in this case.
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PMID:Brain and ocular metastases from a transmissible venereal tumour in a dog. 1081 46