title: Sublingual squamous cell carcinoma in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
abstract: A 22-yr-old captive-born Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presented with a nonhealing sublingual mucosal ulcer that was diagnosed histologically as a squamous cell carcinoma, the first such report in a dolphin. The lesion was excised completely and has not recurred.
authors.affiliation: Sea World of Ohio, Aurora 44202, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Bossart
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004289:Dolphins; D008297:Male; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary