Intracardial mesotheliomas and a gastric papilloma in a giant grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein).
A giant grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein), was found dead in its tank. The principal necropsy findings consisted of multiple tumors in the ventricle of the heart, a tumor mass in the stomach, and protozoa-like organisms in the heart tumor, bile ducts and kidney collecting ducts. The heart tumors were identified as mesotheliomas the stomach tumor as a papilloma. The morphology of the protozoan-like organisms was similar to that of Rhabdospora thelohani (Languesse).
D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005399:Fishes; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*