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Title: Seminoma in an adult striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba: tomographic, macroscopical, histological and immunohistochemical study
Authors: Díaz Santana, Pablo José 
Suarez Santana, Cristian Manuel 
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
Rambaldi, A.
Consoli, F.
Puig Lozano, Raquel Patricia 
Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María 
Espinosa De Los Monteros Y Zayas, Antonio 
Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio 
UNESCO Clasification: 310907 Patología
240119 Zoología marina
Keywords: Cetacean
Computerized Axial Tomography
Dolphin
Seminoma
Stenella Coeruleoalba, et al
Issue Date: 2020
Journal: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 
Abstract: Testicular neoplasms have been extensively described and characterized in domestic animals, but reports in wildlife species, including marine mammals, are scarce. This case report describes a testicular seminoma in an adult striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba stranded along the coasts of the Canary Islands. Post-mortem computerized tomography (CT) showed a prominent enlargement of the cranial pole of the right testicle, displacing the intestinal loops. Necropsy gross findings confirmed the presence of a testicular mass, bulging at the cut surface, with multiple well-delimitated whitish nodular lesions. Histologically, intratubular and diffuse neoplastic germinative cell proliferation was described. Complementary immunohistochemical assessments for vimentin and CD117 antibodies were negative. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first seminoma described in a S. coeruleoalba. We suggest that post-mortem (PM) pre-necropsy CT in dolphins is a useful tool for anatomic-guided pathology in such cases.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/73932
ISSN: 0177-5103
DOI: 10.3354/dao03496
Source: Diseases of aquatic organisms [ISSN 0177-5103], v. 140 (1), p. 97-101, (Julio 2020)
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