An adult, male, captive lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) was presented with weight loss, anorexia, and brood pouch distention. Initial treatments included manual expression of the brood pouch followed by saline flushes and enrofloxacin infusions. Radiographs and physical examination identified a nodular swelling in the brood pouch wall. The mass was excised, but the seahorse died. Necropsy and histopathology revealed a malignant mesenchymal tumor with a collagenous stroma, and a brood pouch fibrosarcoma was diagnosed.
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1 March 2004
FIBROSARCOMA OF THE BROOD POUCH IN AN AQUARIUM-REARED LINED SEAHORSE (HIPPOCAMPUS ERECTUS)
Scott Willens,
J. Lawrence Dunn,
Salvatore Frasca
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 35 • No. 1
March 2004
Vol. 35 • No. 1
March 2004
brood pouch
fibrosarcoma
Hippocampus erectus
Seahorse
tumor