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1 January 2003 Two Distinct Carcinomas of Mammary Gland Origin in a California Sea Lion
Michiko Matsuda, Shinichiro Hashiura, Yumi Une, Hiroshi Sirouzu, Yasuo Nomura
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Abstract

Two histologic types of mammary cancer were encountered in an aged captive California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). A cancer with myoepithelial cell proliferation, which had metastasized to distant viscera, was located in the left cranial mammary region. Another cancer without myoepithelial cell proliferation was located in the right posterior mammary region, formed secondary nodules, and had metastasized to a regional lymph node. The presence of two different neoplasms in this sea lion is unusual.

Matsuda, Hashiura, Une, Sirouzu, and Nomura: Two Distinct Carcinomas of Mammary Gland Origin in a California Sea Lion
Michiko Matsuda, Shinichiro Hashiura, Yumi Une, Hiroshi Sirouzu, and Yasuo Nomura "Two Distinct Carcinomas of Mammary Gland Origin in a California Sea Lion," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(1), 241-243, (1 January 2003). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.241
Received: 3 December 2000; Published: 1 January 2003
KEYWORDS
California sea lion
cancer
case report
mammary gland
myoepithelium
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