Uterine adenocarcinoma with generalised metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from northern Patagonia, Argentina.
An endometrial adenocarcinoma with areas of squamous differentiation and generalised metastasis was observed in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus stranded in northern Patagonia in July 1997. This is the second report of a uterine adenocarcinoma in a free-living cetacean and the first in a Delphinidae. This neoplasm likely compromised reproduction for several years. In addition, the dolphin presented tattoo-like skin lesions and its digestive tract was infested by Anisakis simplex, Pseudoterranova sp., Braunina cordiformis and Corynosoma australe.
Sánchez
Juana
J
Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Chubut, Argentina.
Kuba
Luisa
L
Berón-Vera
Bárbara
B
Dans
Silvana L
SL
Crespo
Enrique A
EA
Van Bressem
Marie-Françoise
MF
Coscarella
Mariano A
MA
García
Néstor A
NA
Alonso
Mariano Koen
MK
Pedraza
Susana N
SN
Mariotti
Pablo A
PA
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D004289:Dolphins; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012098:Reproduction