CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA WITH METASTASIS IN A CAPTIVE ADELIE PENGUIN (PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE)

A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2001-09, Vol.32 (3), p.384-386
Hauptverfasser:	Renner, Michael S, Zaias, Julie, Bossart, Gregory D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adelie penguin Animals Animals, Zoo Autopsy - veterinary Bile Duct Neoplasms - pathology Bile Duct Neoplasms - veterinary Bile ducts Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic - pathology Bird Diseases - pathology Birds CASE REPORTS Cholangiocarcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma - pathology Cholangiocarcinoma - secondary Cholangiocarcinoma - veterinary Cloaca - pathology Fatal Outcome Liver Liver - pathology Lung Neoplasms - secondary Lung Neoplasms - veterinary Male Mesentery - pathology Metastasis metastatic neoplasia Neoplasia Pancreatic Neoplasms - secondary Pancreatic Neoplasms - veterinary Papilloma Parrots Penguins Peritoneal Neoplasms - secondary Peritoneal Neoplasms - veterinary Pygoscelis adeliae Tumors Zoos
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Zusammenfassung:	A captive male Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), wild caught in 1976, died unexpectedly. Necropsy revealed cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to lung, pancreas, mesentery, and cloaca, the first known case of a penguin hepatic tumor.
ISSN:	1042-7260 1937-2825
DOI:	10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0384:CWMIAC]2.0.CO;2