Published 2020
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RENAL NEOPLASIA FROM A SINGLE POPULATION OF PTEROPODID BATS
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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Neoplastic diseases have rarely been reported in the family Pteropodidae, and primary malignant renal neoplasms are generally uncommon across animal species. This case series describes four cases of primary renal neoplasia: three renal cell carcinomas and one nephroblastoma in three species of pteropodid bats, specifically large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus, n ¼ 2), straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum, n ¼ 1), and a little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus, n ¼ 1). Two of the cases were diagnosed antemortem using ultrasonography, computed tomography, and cytology; and one of these bats with a renal cell carcinoma was treated successfully with a unilateral nephrectomy. The remaining two cases were diagnosed at necropsy.
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Identifiers
- URL
- hash://md5/cf5264908a8c692041e38ea670c2e91d
- URN
- urn:lsid:zotero.org:groups:5435545:items:JAVMUF4C
- DOI
- 10.1638/2019-0220
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera