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Case Report
(Published online : 29-03-2013)
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Ectopic spleen in the pancreas of New Zealand White rabbits
- Arabinda Adak, M. C. Prasad, P. S. Lonkar, U. M. Kapurkar, M. G. Brahmankar
and M. V. Patel
Vet World. 2013; 6(6): 360-362
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2013.360-362
Abstract
Five cases
(male-2, female-3) of ectopic splenic tissue in the pancreas of New Zealand
White rabbits were recorded out of 144 rabbits aged between 16-25 weeks. The
histomorphology of the ectopic splenic tissue compared well with normal spleen.
The pancreatic parenchyma bearing ectopic splenic tissue did not exhibit any
change or abnormality of pathological significance except less number of islets
of Langerhans in comparison to other areas. The present cases were considered to
be rare incidental finding and congenital in origin.
Keywords: ectopic
spleen, histomorphology, New Zealand White rabbit, pancreas
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