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Vet Pathol 39:744-746 (2002)
© 2002 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND CASE REPORTS

Three Cases of Ovarian Epidermoid Cysts in Cattle

J. F. Edwards

Abstract

Three cases of bovine, ovarian epidermoid cysts were diagnosed as unilateral benign lesions in three out of 1,971 cows at slaughter. A stratified, cornifying, and squamous epithelium without associated skin adnexal structures or tissues from other embryonic tissue layers lined the cysts. The cysts were small, usually multiple, and contained keratin debris. Macroscopically, they resembled abscesses. These are benign, congenital lesions that are a separate entity from dermoids and teratomas, and they appear to have a higher incidence in cattle with Bos indicus breeding.

Key words: Cattle; ovarian epidermoid cysts; ovary.

Request reprints from Dr. J. F. Edwards, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 778943-4467 (USA). E-mail: jedwards{at}cvm.tamu.edu.






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