Table 5. Cutaneous tumor and tumor-like lesions in pet rabbits.
| Type of lesions | Number of cases (% of total) | Median* / Mean† age in years (range) | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor | |||
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 6 (42.86) | 8/7.83 (5–10.1) | Left hindlimb, left flank, lumbar, ventral abdomen, forelimb |
| -Malignant fibrous histiocytoma | |||
| -Neurofibrosarcoma or hemangiopericytoma | |||
| -Hemangiopericytoma or fibrosarcoma | |||
| -Myosarcoma or fibrosarcoma | |||
| -Giant cell sarcoma | |||
| -Fibrosarcoma | |||
| Basal cell tumor (Trichoblastoma) | 3 (21.43) | 7/6.33 (3–9) | Shoulder |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 2 (14.29) | 9.5 (9–10) | Upper lip |
| Apocrine cystic papillary adenoma | 1 (7.14) | 9 | Face |
| Lipoma | 1 (7.14) | 4.1 | Neck |
| Unidentified carcinoma | 1 (7.14) | 7 | Dorsal back |
| Total | 14 | 8/7.51 (3–10.1) | Limb, flank, lumbar, ventral abdomen, shoulder, lip, face, neck |
| Tumor-like | |||
| Third eyelid glandular hyperplasia | 1 (100) | 11 | Eye |
| Total | 1 | 11 | Eye |
*Median age=middle age that separates the greater and lesser halves of the data set (second quartile). †Mean age=arithmetic average of the age. If ≤2 cases with known age, only one value was indicated.