Uterine adenocarcinoma with generalised metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from northern Patagonia, Argentina

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Luisa Kuba¹  Bárbara Berón-Vera¹  Mariano A. Coscarella¹  Mariano Koen Alonso¹  Pablo A. Mariotti¹  Enrique A. Crespo¹  Marie-Françoise Van Bressem¹  Susana N. Pedraza¹  Silvana L. Dans¹  Juana Sánchez¹  Néstor A.García¹ 

关键词: Bottlenose dolphin;    Tursiops truncates · Uterine adenocarcinoma;    Tattoo-like skin lesions;    Parasites;    Patagonia;    Argentina;   

DOI  :  10.3354/dao048155

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: An endometrial adenocarcinoma with areas of squamous differentiation and generalised metastasis was observed in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus stranded in northern Patagonia in July 1997. This is the second report of a uterineadenocarcinoma in a free-living cetacean and the first in a Delphinidae. This neoplasm likely compromised reproduction for several years. In addition, the dolphin presented tattoo-like skin lesions and its digestive tract was infested by Anisakissimplex, Pseudoterranova sp., Braunina cordiformis and Corynosoma australe.

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