An 18- to 25-yr-old intact female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) was diagnosed antemortem and postmortem with nasopharyngeal myxosarcoma metastatic to the lung, chronic lymphoplasmacytic otitis media, and lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic stomatitis. Myxosarcomas are rare in domestic animals and seldom metastasize; this tumor has not been previously reported in an exotic felid. Computed tomography of the skull was used during the diagnoses.
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1 December 2002
NASOPHARYNGEAL MYXOSARCOMA IN A BENGAL TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS)
Catherine M. Shilton,
Margret S. Thompson,
René Meisner,
Brad Lock,
William A. Lindsay
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
myxosarcoma
nasopharyngeal mass
Panthera tigris