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Disseminated haemangiosarcoma in an Eastern barred bandicoot ( Perameles gunnii )
Author(s) -
BODLEY KB,
BOOTH RJ,
SAMUEL J,
WILKIE JS
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11930.x
Subject(s) - bandicoot , pathology , lesion , lymph node , anatomy , lymph , biology , medicine , marsupial , zoology
A captive adult male Eastern barred bandicoot ( Perameles gunnii ) presented with three palpable subcutaneous masses in November 1998. A diagnosis of haemangiosarcoma was made based on histological examination of one excised mass. Euthanasia of the animal was performed 11 days postsurgery and a proliferative lesion in the paralumbar musculature and similar, smaller proliferative lesions surrounding the right popliteal lymph node and in the ventricular wall of the heart were found. Metastatic lesions were found in the liver and lung. The histological features of the neoplastic tissues supported the diagnosis of a poorly differentiated, disseminated haemangiosarcoma. This is the first reported case of haemangiosarcoma in the Eastern barred bandicoot.