title: Teratoma in desert grassland whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens).
abstract: The clinical, gross necropsy, and histopathology findings in two unrelated desert grassland whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens) with teratoma are described. The desert grassland whiptail is a parthenogenic lizard species with a polyploid chromosomal complement. The chromosome composition of the teratomas from these lizards was not determined.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Medicine Consortium, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tocidlowski
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*