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1 October 2005 Malignant Lymphoma in a West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Anne S. Hammer, Bjarne Klausen, Steffen Knold, Hans H. Dietz, Stephen J. Hamilton Dutoit
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Abstract

We identified a malignant lymphoma infiltrating the lung, liver, kidney, mesenteric lymph nodes, and eye as the cause of death in a male West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Diagnosis was based on gross, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical studies. Tissue samples from ten organs were included in a tissue microarray and sections from this array were subjected to immunohistochemical staining. The cytoplasm of the neoplastic lymphocytes identified in six organs was positive for CD3, a marker for T-cell differentiation. The neoplastic cells were negative for CD79a, a marker for B-cell differentiation. The cause of this neoplasm was not determined. This is the first report of malignant lymphoma in the mammal order Sirenia.

Anne S. Hammer, Bjarne Klausen, Steffen Knold, Hans H. Dietz, and Stephen J. Hamilton Dutoit "Malignant Lymphoma in a West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4), 834-838, (1 October 2005). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.834
Received: 3 June 2004; Published: 1 October 2005
KEYWORDS
case history
lymphoma
Tissue microarray
Trichechus manatus
West Indian manatee
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