Metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma in a gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).
A 3 year old pet male gerbil developed a squamous-cell carcinoma in close proximity to the caudal border of the sebaceous ventral marking gland. The neoplasm invaded locally and metastasized to the lung and right axillary lymph node.
D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000662:veterinary*; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012626:Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure