Nephroblastoma in the clawed frog Xenopus laevis.
One 2.5-3 year old female clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), out of a consignment of 4,000 frogs, was found to have an abnormal abdominal growth, weighing 7.9 g. The growth was examined histologically and on the basis of the abundant stroma and serially-arranged tubules nephroblastoma was diagnosed. The growth is not considered to be transmissible.
Meyer-Rochow
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Experimental Zoology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Asashima
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Moro
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014982:Xenopus laevis