Histologic and Immunohistochemical classification of 41 bovine adrenal gland neoplasms

Anette Blak Grossi; Páll S. Leifsson; Henrik Elvang Jensen; Ben Vainer; Tine Moesgaard Iburg

doi:10.1177/0300985812469638

Histologic and Immunohistochemical classification of 41 bovine adrenal gland neoplasms

Anette Blak Grossi, Páll S. Leifsson, Henrik Elvang Jensen, Ben Vainer, Tine Moesgaard Iburg

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Tumors of the adrenal glands are among the most frequent tumors in cattle; however, few studies have been conducted to describe their characteristics. The aim of this study was to classify 41 bovine adrenal neoplasms from 40 animals based on macroscopic and histologic examination, including electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry for melan A, synaptophysin, chromogranin A, vimentin, pan-cytokeratin, 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide-3′-phosphohydrolase (CNPase), and Ki-67. The tumors were classified as 23 adrenocortical adenomas, 12 adrenocortical carcinomas, 2 schwannomas, 2 pheochromocytomas (1 malignant), and 1 ganglioneuroma. Five histologic features were characteristic of metastasizing adrenocortical tumors: invasion of the capsule, vascular invasion, diffuse growth pattern, spindle-cell morphology, and nuclear pleomorphism. Adrenocortical tumors with at least 3 of these features were classified as malignant. Immunohistochemically, adrenocortical tumors expressed melan A (16/19), vimentin (14/26), cytokeratin (11/26), and chromogranin A (9/27), whereas pheochromocytomas expressed chromogranin A (2/2), synaptophysin (2/2), and vimentin (1/2). Both schwannomas expressed CNPase. An immunohistochemistry panel consisting of antibodies against melan A, synaptophysin, and CNPase was considered most useful to classify bovine adrenal tumors. However, the distinction between benign and malignant adrenocortical tumors was based on histologic features as in human medicine.

Original language	English
Journal	Veterinary Pathology
Volume	50
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	534-542
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0300-9858
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985812469638
Publication status	Published - May 2013

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