Uterine adenocarcinoma with generalised metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from northern Patagonia, Argentina

SÁNCHEZ, J.; KUBA, LUISA; BERÓN VERA, BÁRBARA; DANS, SILVANA LAURA; CRESPO, ENRIQUE ALBERTO; VAN BRESSEM, MARIE FRANCOISE; COSCARELLA, MARIANO ALBERTO; GARCÍA, NÉSTOR ANÍBAL; KOEN ALONSO, MARIANO; PEDRAZA, SUSANA NOEMÍ; MARIOTTI, PABLO ARIEL

DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Inter- Research Science Publisher

Lugar: Oldendorf; Año: 2002 vol. 48 p. 155 - 159

0177-5103

An endometrial adenocarcinoma with areas of squamous differentiation and generalised metastasis was observed in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus stranded in northern Patagonia in July 1997. This is the second report of a uterine adenocarcinoma in a free-living cetacean and the first in a Delphinidae. This neoplasm likely compromised reproduction for several years. In addition, the dolphin presented tattoo-like skin lesions and its digestive tract was infested by Anisakis simplex, Pseudoterranova sp., Braunina cordiformis and Corynosoma australe