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1 June 2017 COELOMIC TERATOMA IN A BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW (ARA ARARAUNA)
Letícia B. de Oliveira, Willian H. M. Santos, Alessandra V. de Araújo, Anelise C. Nepomuceno, Roselene Ecco
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Abstract

A 2-mo-old, female blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) presented with severe abdominal distension, pain, and respiratory distress. Ultrasonographic examination detected a heterogeneous mass with multiple anechoic areas, compatible with a multilocular cyst, occupying most of the coelomic cavity. Postmortem examination revealed a mass of 12.0 × 8.5 × 5.0 cm, which had an irregular surface and was connected by a pedicle to the ileum. This mass compressed and displaced the liver, proventriculus, gizzard, and intestines cranially to the left. The cut surface was lobulated, gray-white, mildly firm or soft, and was interspersed with multiple cysts filled with viscous and opaque liquid. Microscopically, it was composed of well- differentiated embryonic tissues from the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm; therefore, it was diagnosed as a mature teratoma, which was theorized to have originated from Meckel's diverticulum. This study is the first, to the authors' knowledge to report a case of a teratoma in a blue-and-yellow macaw.

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Letícia B. de Oliveira, Willian H. M. Santos, Alessandra V. de Araújo, Anelise C. Nepomuceno, and Roselene Ecco "COELOMIC TERATOMA IN A BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW (ARA ARARAUNA)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(2), 559-562, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0262R1.1
Received: 28 February 2017; Published: 1 June 2017
KEYWORDS
Ara ararauna
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
embryonic tissue
histopathology
neoplasia
wild bird
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