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Malignant mast cell tumor in an African hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)
J T Raymond1, M R White, E B Janovitz
1Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In November 1995, a malignant mast cell tumor (mastocytoma) was diagnosed in an adult African hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) from a zoological park (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA). The primary mast cell tumor presented as a firm subcutaneous mass along the ventrum of the neck. Metastasis to the right submandibular lymph node occurred.