Cholangiocarcinoma with metastasis in a captive Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae).
A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor.
Renner
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SeaWorld Cleveland, 1100 SeaWorld Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, USA.
Zaias
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Bossart
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001717:Birds; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary