Journal of Toxicologic Pathology
Online ISSN : 1881-915X
Print ISSN : 0914-9198
ISSN-L : 0914-9198
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A histopathological study on adrenal cysts in ferrets
Mizuho UneyamaJames K. ChambersKouki MiyamaYasutsugu MiwaKazuyuki UchidaHiroyuki Nakayama
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2019 年 32 巻 1 号 p. 49-55

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Adrenal disorders are common in ferrets, but there are few studies on cystic lesions of the adrenal gland. The present study describes pathological and immunohistochemical features of adrenal cysts in eleven ferrets and discusses their histogenesis. In nine of eleven cases examined, which included seven, one, and one right, left, and bilateral cases, respectively, cysts were in the adrenal cortex and lined with epithelial cells. These epithelial cells contained an Alcian blue-negative/PAS-positive material and were positive for cytokeratin (CK) 7. The staining pattern was similar to that of biliary epithelial cells in the ferret. In five of the cases, there were small ducts adjacent to the cysts that were positive for CK7 and CK20 and negative for CK19. Based on the anatomical proximity between the right adrenal and liver, the immunohistochemical features of the small duct cells were comparable to those of hepatic oval cells. These results indicate the possibility that these adrenocortical cysts in the ferret originated from the biliary system. In the other two cases, the cysts lacked an epithelial cell lining, and there were dilated lymphoid vessels around the cysts. These cysts were assumed to have developed in the adrenal medulla, because the cyst wall was positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein and there were adrenal medullary cells positive for synaptophysin in the cyst wall. Therefore, the medullary cysts may have been associated with dilated vasculatures.

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