title: Pleomorphic liposarcoma of the intrathoracic cavity in a meerkat (Suricata suricatta).
abstract: Postmortem examination of a meerkat which had been captive for eight years in zoo, revealed multinodular white masses filling the thoracic cavity with systemic metastasis. Microscopically, the neoplastic cells were polygonal to spindle-shaped and had eosinophilic cytoplasm often with variable numbers of small lipid droplets. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells were intensely positive for vimentin and occasionally weakly positive for S-100. Ultrastructurally, several lipid droplets without limiting membranes were observed in the cytoplasm. Based on the findings above, the tumor was diagnosed as a pleomorphic liposarcoma arising from the thoracic cavity. To date, neoplasms have seldom been reported in Herpestidae animals. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of liposarcoma in a meerkat.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aihara
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Une
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008988:Herpestidae; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*