Tumor de la vaina nerviosa periférica en un tigre de bengala (Panthera tigris)
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2013-11-05
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Agropecuarias
Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Agropecuarias
Abstract
A case of pheripheral nerve sneath tumor in a 21 years of age Bengal tiger (Panthera
tigris) is reported. The animal comes from an external conservation center in
Colombia. This tiger had a swollen elbow joint at the lateral face of its left forelimb,
developed during three months and reaching a 15 cm size. An incisional biopsy was
performed in order to make a histopathological diagnosis of the injury. The diagnosis
was compatible with a tumor of the pheripheral nerve seneath. The tumor was
then surgically extracted. The tiger increased its condition and has not suffered any
relapse. This is the first report in Colombia of an exotic feline with such a pathology.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Agropecuarias, Tigre de bengala (panthera tigris), Tumores (Medicina Veterinaria), Cirugía veterinaria