title: Oronasal squamous cell carcinoma in an African hedgehog (Erinaceidae albiventris).
abstract: Oronasal squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed in an adult African hedgehog (Erinaceidae albiventris). Clinically, the carcinoma presented as a firm right maxillary swelling with deviation of the nose to the left. The carcinoma was attached to the hard palate and protruded into the oral cavity. At necropsy, the carcinoma appeared centered in the right maxillary sinus, and had replaced the maxilla and extended into the nasal cavity. Metastatic foci were not found.
authors.affiliation: Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Janovitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006364:Hedgehogs; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*