title: Fibrosarcoma of the brood pouch in an aquarium-reared lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus).
abstract: An adult, male, captive lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) was presented with weight loss, anorexia, and brood pouch distention. Initial treatments included manual expression of the brood pouch followed by saline flushes and enrofloxacin infusions. Radiographs and physical examination identified a nodular swelling in the brood pouch wall. The mass was excised, but the seahorse died. Necropsy and histopathology revealed a malignant mesenchymal tumor with a collagenous stroma, and a brood pouch fibrosarcoma was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, Connecticut 06355, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willens
authors.forename: J Lawrence
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frasca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D023701:Smegmamorpha