Intrarenal pelvic nephroblastoma in a meerkat (Suricata suricatta).
Nephroblastoma is the most common primary renal tumor in children and has also been reported in domestic and nondomestic animal species. Intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma is a rare variant of this tumor type in human patients. Postmortem examination of a captive meerkat (Suricata suricatta), which was found dead, revealed enlargement of the pelvis of the left kidney by a tumor mass. Gross, histological, and immunohistochemical findings were consistent with a diagnosis of triphasic intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma. This is the first reported spontaneous case of intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma in a nonhuman species.
Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Bhanu P
BP
Singh
Janet C
JC
Patterson-Kane
Sharon P
SP
Redrobe
Jennifer L
JL
Chapman
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D005260:Female; D008988:Herpestidae; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*