We describe a pulmonary mast cell tumor in a subsistence-harvested free-ranging Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). Neoplastic cells effacing a focal area of pulmonary parenchyma were characterized by rare metachromatic granules and positive staining for C-kit. We also report co-occurrence of a peribronchial mass with a morphologic and immunohistochemical profile compatible with paraganglioma.
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1 April 2016
Pulmonary Mast Cell Tumor and Possible Paraganglioma in a Free-ranging Pacific Walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus divergens), Barrow, Alaska, USA
Mauricio Seguel,
Raphaela Stimmelmayr,
Elizabeth Howerth,
Nicole Gottdenker
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 52 • No. 2
April 2016
Vol. 52 • No. 2
April 2016