Ectopic Mammary Tissue in the Vulva of Goats

Abstract

Summary Ectopic mammary tissue was described in ten goats belonging to the Nubian and Syrian breeds. This consisted of multiple cavitations containing white milky fluid, which greatly resembled milk in colour, odour and composition. Histologically, the tissue was composed of alveoli lined by cuboidal epithelium and contained pinkish staining secretion. Surgical removal of the tissue was achieved without complications.

Bartholin’s gland adenoma in a Saanen goat

“…Bartholin's gland tumors must be differentiated from ectopic mammary tissue of goats (GAMEEL et al, 1992). In the case herein described, there was no spontaneous regression of the vulvar masses after parturition; spontaneous regression and the histological appearance of mammary gland tissue at the vulvar are the hallmarks of the ectopic glandular tissues described in Nubian and Syrian goats (GAMEEL et al, 1992).…”

“…Bartholin's gland tumors must be differentiated from ectopic mammary tissue of goats (GAMEEL et al, 1992). In the case herein described, there was no spontaneous regression of the vulvar masses after parturition; spontaneous regression and the histological appearance of mammary gland tissue at the vulvar are the hallmarks of the ectopic glandular tissues described in Nubian and Syrian goats (GAMEEL et al, 1992). Although, there are few descriptions of lesions associated with Bartholin's gland in veterinary medicine, reports of cysts (TANIMOTO et al, 1994;BADEMKIRAN et al, 2009;MANOKARAN et al, 2014;SCHLAFER & FOSTER, 2016) and a adenocarcinoma (TANIMOTO et al, 1994) were identified in cows.…”