Sertoli-leydig cell tumour in a female dromedary camel Ali Ahmed1,2, Derar Derar1,2, Hassanein Khaled M.A.3,4, Al-Howas Abdella1, Sadan Madeh1, El-Shafaey El-Sayed1, Al-Sobyil Fahd A.1 1Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6622-Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia 2Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Theriogenology, Assiut University, Egypt 3Department of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt 4Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia *email: drahmedali77@gmail.com
Online published on 30 January, 2020. Abstract The present study described the first case of Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour in dromedary camel. An 8-year-old, primiparous, female dromedary was presented with a history of failure of conception. The camel had normal calving since 1.5 years. The animal was in good health condition. Trans-rectally, a firm, round, smooth, mass (∼9 cm in diameter) was palpated bulging out of the surface of the right ovary. Ultrasonographically, the right ovary was enlarged, homogenous, but with some cystic areas. Unilateral ovarioectomy was performed. Microscopically, the ovarian cortex was composed of tubules of immature Sertoli cells. There were large leydig cells. Alpha-inhibin was expressed uniformly within the cytoplasm of the majority of cells lining tubules, thus confirming classification of the lesions as Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour. Top Keywords Dromedary, ovary, Sertoli-Leydig cell, tumour. Top |