A duck was received for post-mortem examination with history of anorexia, dull, depressed and the carcass was emaciated with distended abdomen. On necropsy examination revealed a mass in the abdominal cavity, attached to the liver and mescentry of visceral organs and covered with dense fibrous tissue. The mass was dark red to reddish black in colour, firm in consistency, size ranges from 15-18 cms. Histopathological examination revealed variable sized vascular spaces and channels that are lined by flattend endothelium, vascular spaces filled with blood and plasma. Based on gross and histopathological examination the present case was diagnosed as haemangioma.
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