| Autor: |
Kojima K; Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Chambers JK; Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Yoshizawa M; Inokashira Park Zoo, Tokyo Zoological Park Society, Tokyo, Japan., Fujioka K; Inokashira Park Zoo, Tokyo Zoological Park Society, Tokyo, Japan., Uchida K; Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Abstrakt: |
A 4-year 9-month-old Amami spiny rat reared in a zoo died following a history of anorexia, weight loss, and respiratory distress. At necropsy, neoplastic tissues were found along the pleura and adhered to the thoracic wall, heart, and lungs. Histologically, the tumor was composed of diffuse, patternless sheets of large round to polygonal neoplastic cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, and multinucleated giant cells were often present. Metastatic lesions were observed in the abdominal lymph nodes. Neoplastic cells were immunopositive for vimentin, Iba-1, and CD204, and negative for E-cadherin and S100. Based on these findings, the tumor was diagnosed as histiocytic sarcoma. Compression of the lungs by the tumor may have caused respiratory failure and led to death. |
