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Ossifying Fibroma in a Miniature Rex Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Abstract

In humans and animals, ossifying fibroma is a benign neoplasm that most frequently affects the mandible, often resulting in cosmetic deformities and malocclusion. It is considered rare in animals and most frequently affects young horses. A surgical biopsy of a solitary mass located beneath the gingiva in the right maxillary region, which had overgrown teeth and expanded the adjacent hard palate from a 6-year-old miniature Rex rabbit was submitted for light microscopic examination. The submitted incisional biopsy specimen was pale pink, firm, and nodular. Histopathologically, the neoplasm was composed of fibroblastic cells separated by abundant collagen. The neoplastic cells were interwoven with osteoblasts surrounding islands of mineralized, bony matrix containing few, widely spaced, often empty, lacunae. Minimal inflammation was present. Based on the histopathologic features, the tumor was diagnosed as an ossifying fibroma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an ossifying fibroma in a rabbit.

Key words: Fibroma; histopathology; oral cavity; ossifying; rabbits.

Dr K A Whitten, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 14th Street, Alaska Avenue North West, Washington DC 20306-6000 (USA). E-mail: kim.whitten{at}us.army.mil

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