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1 September 2008 Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Treatment of Cutaneous Lymphoma in a Ground Cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis)
Andrea L. Goodnight, C. Guillermo Couto, Eric Green, Michael Barrie, Gwen Myers
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Abstract

A 15-year-old female ground cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) was presented with an isolated ulcerated, nonhealing lesion on the lateral thorax. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry were diagnostic for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with incomplete excision. Oral chemotherapy with CCNU (lomustine) resulted in clinical remission that lasted 255 days, with no appreciable toxicity. Tumor recurrence was treated with radiation therapy, which resulted in 120 additional days of clinical remission. Subsequently, the tumor developed at a distant site and the cuscus was humanely euthanized. A slight decrease in appetite early in disease progression was the only adverse effect noted throughout the treatment period. Oral, minimally invasive chemotherapy, and adjunct radiation therapy were viable treatment options for this ground cuscus and should be considered for treatment of neoplasia in other nontraditional species.

Andrea L. Goodnight, C. Guillermo Couto, Eric Green, Michael Barrie, and Gwen Myers "Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Treatment of Cutaneous Lymphoma in a Ground Cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(3), 472-475, (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0132.1
Received: 10 October 2007; Published: 1 September 2008
KEYWORDS
CCNU
cutaneous lymphoma
ground cuscus
lomustine
Phalanger gymnotis
radiotherapy
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