This report describes the morphologic and histologic features of a case of esophageal Gongylonema pulchrum infection and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a 17-yr–old, female vari (Lemur macaco variegates). The lemur had lived in a German zoo and had a clinical history of dyspnea, vomiting, and anorexia. At necropsy, a whitish, soft, nodular, centrally necrotic mass was found in the caudal third of the esophagus. In addition, numerous intraepithelial nematodes (G. pulchrum) were observed in the entire esophagus. Results suggest a relation between infection with G. pulchrum and development of an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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1 June 2005
GONGYLONEMA PULCHRUM INFECTION AND ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN A VARI (LEMUR MACACO VARIEGATA; KEHR 1792)
T. Bleier,
U. Hetzel,
C. Bauer,
O. Behlert,
E. Burkhardt
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 36 • No. 2
June 2005
Vol. 36 • No. 2
June 2005