A 23-yr-old female spayed bobcat (Lynx rufus) presented with a 1-wk history of hypersalivation. On examination, the right mandible was markedly thickened, the right mandibular dental arcade was missing, and the oral mucosa over the right mandible was ulcerated and thickened. Skull radiographs and fine needle aspirate cytology were supportive of squamous cell carcinoma. The bobcat was euthanized as a result of its poor prognosis. Necropsy confirmed a diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma of the mandible. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of oral squamous cell carcinoma in a bobcat.
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1 March 2016
MANDIBULAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN A BOBCAT (LYNX RUFUS)
Izidora Sladakovic,
Anne Burnum,
Uriel Blas-Machado,
Lisa S. Kelly,
Bridget C. Garner,
Shannon P. Holmes,
Stephen J. Divers
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bobcat
Lynx rufus
mandible
neoplasia
oral
squamous cell carcinoma