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Cutaneous Fibroma in a Captive Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Fecha
2012Registro en:
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY, OXFORD, v. 147, n. 4, supl. 4, Part 1-2, pp. 574-576, NOV, 2012
0021-9975
10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.03.005
Autor
Gonzales-Viera, O.
Bauer, G.
Bauer, A.
Aguiar, L. S.
Brito, L. T.
Catao-Dias, J. L.
Institución
Resumen
An adult female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) had a mass on the plantar surface of the right forelimb that was removed surgically. Microscopical examination revealed many spindle cells with mild anisocytosis and anisokaryosis and a surrounding collagenous stroma. There were no mitoses. Immunohistochemistry showed that the spindle cells expressed vimentin, but not desmin. A diagnosis of cutaneous fibroma was made. Tumours are reported uncommonly in chelonian species. Cutaneous fibroma has been diagnosed in an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), but not previously in a common snapping turtle. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.