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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 76, Issue 9, Pages 1301-1304Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.13-0395
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capybara; computed tomography; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; squamous cell carcinoma
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A 4-year and 2-month-old male capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on the buttocks after chronic recurrent dermatosis. The capybara was euthanized, examined by computed tomography and necropsied; the tumor was examined histologically. Computed tomography showed a dense soft tissue mass with indistinct borders at the buttocks. Histological examination of the tumor revealed islands of invasive squamous epithelial tumor cells with a severe desmoplastic reaction. Based on the pathological findings, the mass was diagnosed as a squamous cell carcinoma. This is the first study to report squamous cell carcinoma in a capybara.
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