Intrarenal Pelvic Nephroblastoma in a Meerkat (Suricata Suricatta)
2005
Singh, Bhanu P. | Patterson-Kane, Janet C. | Redrobe, Sharon P. | Chapman, Jennifer L.
Nephroblastoma is the most common primary renal tumor in children and has also been reported in domestic and nondomestic animal species. Intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma is a rare variant of this tumor type in human patients. Postmortem examination of a captive meerkat (Suricata suricatta), which was found dead, revealed enlargement of the pelvis of the left kidney by a tumor mass. Gross, histological, and immunohistochemical findings were consistent with a diagnosis of triphasic intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma. This is the first reported spontaneous case of intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma in a nonhuman species.
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