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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mikaelian, Igor
• Reavill, Drury R

Titel

SPONTANEOUS PROLIFERATIVE LESIONS AND TUMORS OF THE UTERUS OF CAPTIVE AFRICAN HEDGEHOGS (ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS)

Ist Teil von

• Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 2004-06, Vol.35 (2), p.216-220

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fifteen captive female African hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris), 3- to 5-yr-old, were diagnosed with proliferative uterine lesions (n = 28). Lesions were associated with vaginal bleeding in all cases, hematuria in 11 of 13 cases, and weight loss in 7 of 12 cases. Lesions were multiple in eight cases and single in seven cases. The lesions identified were 13 adenosarcomas, 7 endometrial stromal sarcomas, 6 endometrial polyps, 1 adenoleiomyosarcoma, and 1 adenoleiomyoma. In one animal with adenosarcoma, peritoneal seeding was detected at the time of hysterectomy. Mean survival time was 303 days (n = 10). Ovariohysterectomy allows prolonged survival of hedgehogs with uterine tumors.