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Vet Pathol 41:700-702 (2004)
© 2004 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
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Congenital Cystic Polypoid Rectal Hamartoma in a Newborn Foal

B. Dunkel, A. B. Shokek and P. A. Wilkins

Abstract

A neonatal foal with signs of rectal bleeding was diagnosed with an intraluminal rectal mass and intussusception on surgical exploration of the abdomen. Histologically, the mass consisted of cystic spaces lined by simple columnar epithelium with numerous goblet cells and was surrounded by thin bands of smooth muscle in a myxomatous stroma. Although the mass shared similarities with retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst) and juvenile polyps, described in human medicine, location and histologic findings were not entirely consistent with either condition.

Key words: Equine; foal; juvenile polyp; rectal hamartoma; tailgut cyst.

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