title: Exocrine pancreatic carcinoma and carcinomatosis with abdominal effusion containing mast cells in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo).
abstract: This case describes the clinical presentation and findings of exocrine pancreatic carcinoma in a 9-year-old female sprayed ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Transcoelomic metastasis and hemorrhagic abdominal effusion were secondary to the neoplasm. The finding of mast cells in abdominal effusion, with a leukocyte component composed primarily of lymphocytes and lesser numbers of neutrophils and macrophages, is an atypical finding, never before reported in ferrets.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA. jkwhitti@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Julia K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Whittington
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Emerson
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Satkus
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barger
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pinkerton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*