Respiratory neoplasia is rarely reported in avian species. A 17-yr-old Quaker parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) was admitted with a 2-wk history of anorexia, depression, and respiratory distress. Clinical examination revealed a large, firm mass in the left pectoral muscle. Radiology showed a mass silhouetting the heart and the liver. Supportive treatment was provided, but the bird died during the seventh weekly visit to drain thoracic cavity fluid. Necropsy showed a white, 3 × 3 × 2–cm, hard, gritty sternal mass. Histology showed a nonencapsulated, moderately differentiated air sac carcinoma of the sternum. Immunohistochemically the neoplasm was cytokeratin positive and vimentin and calretinin negative. This is the first report of an air sac neoplasia in a Quaker parrot and one of few respiratory tumors in psittacines.
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1 December 2014
AIR SAC ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE STERNUM IN A QUAKER PARROT (MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS)
Panayiotis Loukopoulos,
Julius Boniface Okuni,
Teresa Micco,
Jorge P. Garcia,
Francisco A. Uzal,
Santiago S. Diab
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Adenocarcinoma
air sac
bone tumor
psittacine
Quaker parrot
sternum