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Published on: August 21, 2013
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in an African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)
Émilie L Couture1, Isabelle Langlois1, Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier1
1Département de Sciences Cliniques (Couture, Langlois, Santamaria-Bouvier) and Département de Pathologie et Microbiologie (Benoit-Biancamano), Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2.
Abstract:
A cutaneous mass was surgically excised in a 4-year-old African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris). A squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed based on histopathological examination and local recurrence following excision is strongly suspected. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first well-documented report of a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in this species.
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