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Gastric adenocarcinoma in a diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota)
- Source :
- Australian Veterinary Journal. 92:405-409
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2014.
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Abstract
- Case report A 5-year-old captive male diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) was presented with a 1-month history of regurgitation and anorexia and discrete coelomic distention. Physical examination revealed a firm, immobile mass at approximately two-thirds of the snout–vent length from the front of the head. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate biopsy of the mass in the region of the stomach showed necrosis with bacterial infiltration and possibly neoplastic changes. A gastroscopy was conducted, but showed grossly normal gastric mucosa, confirmed by biopsy. On exploratory coeliotomy, it was confirmed the mass involved most of the stomach wall and occluded the gastric lumen. The mass was completely excised and based on histopathology, a diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma was made. The snake was found dead 12 h postoperatively, but no specific cause of death was found on postmortem examination. Conclusion Most cases of adenocarcinoma in snakes go undiagnosed. This case report illustrates that the architecture of gastric masses may lead to false-negative gastric biopsy results in snakes with neoplasia.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Biopsy
Physical examination
Adenocarcinoma
Gastric adenocarcinoma
Fatal Outcome
Stomach Neoplasms
medicine
Animals
Morelia spilota
General Veterinary
medicine.diagnostic_test
biology
Histocytochemistry
business.industry
Stomach
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
General Medicine
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Boidae
medicine.anatomical_structure
Diamond python
Animals, Zoo
Histopathology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00050423
- Volume :
- 92
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Veterinary Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....885761e00280ce26f993b5eb8157c410