Malignant Seminoma With Metastasis, Sertoli Cell Tumor, and Pheochromocytoma in a Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and Malignant Seminoma With Metastasis in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Abstract

Seminoma with metastasis was diagnosed in a spotted dolphin (Steneila frontalis) and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Sertoli cell tumor and pheochromocytoma were also diagnosed in the spotted dolphin. The spotted and bottlenose dolphins were adult males that stranded and died on the coasts of northwest Florida and southeast North Carolina, respectively. Neoplasia is infrequently reported in cetaceans. This is the first report of seminoma, Sertoli cell tumor, and pheochromocytoma in a dolphin, the first report of three distinct neoplasms in a dolphin, and one of the few reports of malignant neoplasia in dolphins.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA442545

Entities

People

  • A. Friedlaender
  • D. A. Pabst
  • D. G. Dunn
  • F. Townsend
  • J. S. Estep
  • R. E. Baumgartner
  • T. P. Lipscomb
  • W. A. Mclellan

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abdomen
  • Adrenal Glands
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Cetaceans
  • Cytoplasm
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Lymphatic System
  • Marine Mammals
  • Metastasis
  • Neoplasms
  • North Carolina
  • Testes
  • Testicular Cancer

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.