title: Poorly differentiated cutaneous carcinoma of non-sebaceous origin in a 3-year-old Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).
abstract: A 3-year-old female gerbil developed a non-healing skin wound due to a malignant neoplasm. Histology, immunohistochemistry (cytokeratin 19 positive; vimentin, estrogen, and progesterone receptor negative), and electron microscopy (no desmosomes or melanosomes) revealed an undifferentiated carcinoma with pulmonary metastasis. Unlike in previous reports, it did not arise from the abdominal pad's sebaceous gland.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Forzán
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desmarchelier
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woodland
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Soraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sayi
authors.affiliation: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Fenton, Forzán), Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton, Forzán, Gilroy, Sayi), and Department of Companion Animals (Desmarchelier, Woodland), Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Cornelia V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Gilroy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*