SMALL INTESTINAL ADENOCARCINOMA WITH CARCINOMATOSIS IN A SWIFT FOX (VULPES VELOX).
A 7-yr-old, intact, female swift fox (Vulpes velox) presented to the Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State University with a history of chronic weight loss, lethargy, inappetence, and myiasis. On physical examination, a firm mass was palpated in the mid- to cranial abdomen. The fox was euthanatized as a result of the grave prognosis. Gross necropsy and histologic findings included a small intestinal adenocarcinoma with diffuse transperitoneal spread throughout the abdominal cavity (carcinomatosis). To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of intestinal adenocarcinoma with carcinomatosis in a swift fox.
Shambhunath
S
Choudhary
Gordon A
GA
Andrews
James W
JW
Carpenter
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
Adenocarcinoma; Vulpes velox; carcinomatosis; small intestine; swift fox