[Regional proliferative changes in the intestines and intestinal adenocarcinoma and lymphoma in golden hamsters with "wet tail"].
A group of 637 golden hamsters [Mesocricetus auratus] was studied and 64 of them found suffering from wet tail syndrome. They had a regional epithelial proliferation of the gut often reminding of a tumour associated with unspecified bacilliform organisms in enterocytes. Three adult females showed a similar lesion lacking of microbes with intestinal adenocarcinoma instead. Its diffuse growth reaching mesentery was combined with secondaries in mesenteric lymph nodes. Nine older hamsters showed a malignant intestinal lymphoma in similar conditions. Mutual relations of the findings were discussed. Wet tail syndrome seemed to be an intestinal precancer.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
Regionální proliferativní zmĕny streva, adenokarcinomy a lymfomy streva u krecků zlatých pri "wet tail".