Kaposi-like vascular tumor of the urinary bladder in a cow.

• Author(s): Pires, Isabel ; Queiroga, Felisbina ; Silva, Filipe ; Pinto, Carlos ; Lopes, Carlos
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10348/2739
• Origin: Repositório da UTAD
• Subject(s): cattle; Kaposiform hemangioendotheliom; urinary bladder; vascular tumor
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a rare human vascular neoplasm. In veterinary medicine this tumor type was only recognized in the dog. Here we describe an unusual case arising in the urinary bladder of a Holstein-Friesian adult cow. Histologically the tumor presented a nodular proliferation of spindle cells, forming angular slits, often containing extravasated erythrocytes. Peripherically, well-formed vascular channels were seen. These cells were positive to vimentin and to factor VIII-related antigen by immunohistochemical stain. Based on its characteristics, it was classified as kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and as far as we know, it is the first case described in cattle.