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Objectives: Clinical case report of leydig cell tumor in dog.’
Design: Clinical case study.
History: An eleven year old male German shepherd dog was reffered, small animal hospital of faculty of veterinary medicine
because of Anorexia. Because of poor body condition, the animal was euthanised and submitted for necropsy examination. Based on
the light & electronic microscopic observation, leydig cell tumor
was confirmed.
Clinical implications: Occurrence of tumor in dog is without
clinical findings, therefore maybe testicles are not necroptize at
necropsy. Thus the rate of tumor, must probably be higher than it is reported.
Results: Histopathology and uttrastructural observations, confirmed
the leydig cell tumor.