A case of metastatic uterine adenocarcinoma in a southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum).
A 39-yr-old, acyclic, uniparous, female white rhinoceros with a history of recurrent vaginal bleeding was euthanized following a period of respiratory distress and ill-thrift. The rhinoceros' uterus had previously been evaluated by ultrasound and diffuse endometrial hyperplasia and two benign uterine leiomyomas had been diagnosed. At necropsy examination, a large, infiltrative, metastatic uterine adenocarcinoma was found multifocally throughout the uterus, scattered within the peritoneal cavity, on the diaphragm, the splenic capsule, the pleural surface of the lung and mesenteric lymph nodes. A large volume (100 L) of ascites fluid was present in the abdominal and pleural cavities.
Wilson
Margaret
M
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. margaret.wilson@ucd.ie
Hermes
Robert
R
Bainbridge
John
J
Bassett
Hugh
H
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D010527:Perissodactyla; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*