Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Poorly differentiated cutaneous carcinoma of non-sebaceous origin in a 3-year-old Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2016
- Authors:
- Fenton, Heather et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology (Fenton
- Species:
- rodent
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.
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