An adult male Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) with a large growth on the right forelimb was harvested from the wild by a nuisance-control trapper in Louisiana. The mass was determined histologically to be a fibromyxoma. To our knowledge, this neoplasm has not previously been described in American Alligators.
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1 December 2013
Massive Distal Forelimb Fibromyxoma in a Free-Ranging American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Ruth M. Elsey,
Javier G. Nevarez,
Jeff Boundy,
Rudy W. Bauer
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Southeastern Naturalist
Vol. 12 • No. 4
December 2013
Vol. 12 • No. 4
December 2013