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Published in: Diagnostic Pathology 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Case Report

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Cervical type AB thymoma (Mixed) tumour diagnosis in a mynah as a model to study human: clinicohistological, immunohistochemical and cytohistopathological study

Authors: Fariba Khaki, Javad Javanbakht, Farhang Sasani, Mohammad Javad Gharagozlou, Alimohammad Bahrami, Hemmat Moslemzadeh, Reza Sheikhzadeh

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Abstract

Thymoma is a primary mediastinal neoplasm arising from or exhibiting differentiation towards thymic epithelial cells, typically with the presence of non-neoplastic lymphocytes. A 13-year-old male Mynah bird (acridotheres tristis) was presented for evaluation of a 2.3 × 1.5 × 1.0 cm mass in the left ventrolateral cervical region. The clinical signs, radiology, cytohistopathology and immunohistochimy findings related to the thymoma are presented. These findings indicated that the tumor was a type AB thymoma according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and veterinary classification. Thymomas are rarely reported in avian species and this is the first report in a Mynah bird.

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Metadata
Title
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Cervical type AB thymoma (Mixed) tumour diagnosis in a mynah as a model to study human: clinicohistological, immunohistochemical and cytohistopathological study
Authors
Fariba Khaki
Javad Javanbakht
Farhang Sasani
Mohammad Javad Gharagozlou
Alimohammad Bahrami
Hemmat Moslemzadeh
Reza Sheikhzadeh
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-8-98

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