Malignant seminoma with metastasis, Sertoli cell tumor, and pheochromocytoma in a spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and malignant seminoma with metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Seminoma with metastasis was diagnosed in a spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Sertoli cell tumor and pheochromocytoma were also diagnosed in the spotted dolphin. The spotted and bottlenose dolphins were adult males that stranded and died on the coasts of northwest Florida and southeast North Carolina, respectively. Neoplasia is infrequently reported in cetaceans. This is the first report of seminoma, Sertoli cell tumor, and pheochromocytoma in a dolphin, the first report of three distinct neoplasms in a dolphin, and one of the few reports of malignant neoplasia in dolphins.
Estep
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3100 Rickets Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, USA. james.estep@us.army.mil
Baumgartner
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Townsend
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Pabst
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McLellan
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Friedlaender
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Dunn
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Lipscomb
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004289:Dolphins; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005431:Florida; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D009657:North Carolina; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018239:Seminoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*