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. 2018 Oct 26:533–568. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805306-5.00022-5

Table 22.2.

Neoplasia in Cetaceans Since the Comprehensive Review in 2006*

Species Tumor Type Location
Atlantic spotted dolphin Astrocytomam Brain
Leiomyoman Uterus
Pheochromocytomao Adrenal gland
Seminoma, sertoli cell tumoro Testicle
T-cell lymphomap Uterus
Beluga whale Adenocarcinomaa Stomach
Intestine
Uterus
Adenocarcinoma/lymphagiosarcoma Adrenal gland
Carcinoma Thyroid gland
Mammary gland
Lung
Dysgerminoma Ovary
Squamous cell carcinoma Urethra
Lung (metastasis)
Vertebra (met)
Bottlenose dolphin Immunoblastic lymphomaq Hepatosplenic
Leiomyomar Stomach
Papillomas Tongue
Penis
Seminomao Testicles
Squamous cell carcinomas, t Oral cavity
Harbor porpoise Granulosa cell tumorj Ovary
Squamous cell carcinomak Stomach
Long-finned pilot whale Carcinomag Lung
Pygmy sperm whale Leiomyosarcomai Gastrointestinal tract
Risso’s dolphin Luteomah Ovary
Short beaked common dolphin Hemangiomab Lung
Meningiomac, d Brain
Sertoli cell tumor, interstital (Leydig) cell tumor, seminomae Testicles
T-cell lymphomae Central nervous system
Transitional cell carcinomaf Urinary bladder
Striped dolphin Primitive neuroectodermal tumorl Brain
a

Lair, S., Martineau, D., Measures, L.N., 2014. Causes of mortality in St. Lawrence Estuary beluga (Delphinapterus leuca), from 1983 to 2012. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.

b

Diaz-Delgado, J., Arbelo, M., Sacchini, S., Quesada-Canales, O., Andrada, M., Rivero, M., Fernandez, A., 2012a. Pulmonary angiomatosis and hemangioma in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded in Canary Islands. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 74(8), 1063–1066.

c

Miclard, J., Mokhtari, K., Jouvion, G., Wyrzykowski, B., Van Canneyt, O., Wyer, M., Colle, M. A., 2006. Microcystic meningioma in a dolphin (Delphinus delphis): immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. J. Comp. Pathol. 135, 254–258.

d

Díaz-Delgado, J., de los Monteros, A. E., Fernandez-Maldonado, C., Arbelo, M., Quesada-Canales, O., Andrada, M., Fernandez, A., 2012b. Mixed testicular neoplasia in a short beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis. Dis. Aquat. Organi. 101, 257–260.

e

Arbelo, M., de los Monteros, A.E., Herraez, P., Suarez-Bonnet, A., Andrada, M., Rivero, M., Grau-Bassas, E.R., Fernandez, A., 2014. Primary central nervous system T-cell lymphoma in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). J. Comp. Pathol. 150, 336–340.

f

Alonso-Farré, J.M., Gonzalo-Orden, M., Llarena-Reino, M., Monreal-Pawlowsky, T., Degollada, E., 2013. Transitional cell carcinoma in the urinary bladder of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) with emphasis on imaging diagnosis. Imaging 6, 1.

g

Suárez-Santana, C. M., Fernández-Maldonado, C., Díaz-Delgado, J., Arbelo, M., Suarez-Bonnet, A., de los Monteros, A. E., Camara, N., Sierra, E., Fernandez, A., 2016. Pulmonary carcinoma with metastasis in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas). BMC Vet. Res. 12, 229.

h

Nishina, H., Izawa, T., Ozaki, M., Kuwamura, M., Yamate, J., 2017. Unilateral luteoma of the ovary in a pregnant Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus). J. Vet. Med. Sci. 79(10), 1749–1752.

i

Leone, A., Dark, M., Kondo, H., Rotstein, D.S., Kiupel, M., Walsh, M.T., Erlacher-Reid, C., Gordon, N., Conway, J.A., 2013. Gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma in a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 44, 744–748.

j

Seibel, H., Siebert, U., Schöpper, H., Wohlsein, P., 2012. Granulosa cell tumour in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters. Dis. Aquat. Organ. 99, 79–83.

k

Siebert, U., Hasselmeier, I., Wohlsein, P., 2010. Immunohistochemical characterization of a squamous cell carcinoma in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters. J. Comp. Pathol. 143, 179–184.

l

Baily, J., Morrison, L.R., Patterson, I., et al., 2013. Primitive neuroectodermal tumour in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) with features of ependymoma and neural tube differentiation (medulloepithelioma). J. Comp. Pathol. 149, 514–519.

m

Díaz-Delgado, J., Sacchini, S., Suárez-Bonnet, A., et al., 2015a. High-grade astrocytoma (glioblastoma multiforme) in an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). J. Comp. Pathol. 152, 278–282.

n

Díaz-Delgado, J., Fernández, A., Edwards, J., et al., 2015b. Uterine leiomyoma and prolapse in a live-stranded atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). J. Comp. Pathol. 153, 58–63.

o

Estep, J.S., Baumgartner, R.E., Townsend, F., Pabst, D.A., Mclellan, W.A., Friedlaender, A., Dunn, D.G., Lipscomb, T.P., 2005. Malignant seminoma with metastasis, Sertoli cell tumor, and pheochromocytoma in a spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and malignant seminoma with metastasis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Vet. Pathol. 42(3), 357–359.

p

Díaz-Delgado, J., Sierra, E., Arbelo, M., et al., 2015c. Primary uterine T-cell lymphoma with metastasis in an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), Canary islands, Spain. J. Wildl. Dis. 51, 538–541.

q

Jaber, J.R., Perez, J., Carballo, M., Arbelo, M., de los Monteros, A.E., Herráez, P., Munoz, J., Andrada, M., Rodriguez, F., Fernández, A., 2005. Hepatosplenic large cell immunoblastic lymphoma in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners. J. Comp. Pathol. 132(2), 242–247.

r

Rotstein, D., Harms, C., Lovewell, G., et al., 2007. Gastric leiomyoma in a free-living Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Vet. Rec. 160, 130.

s

Bossart, G.D., Ghim, S.J., Rehtanz, M., Goldstein, J., 2005. Orogenital neoplasia in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquat. Mamm. 31(4), 473.

t

March, D.T., Blyde, D.J., Bossart, G.D., Begg, A.P., Taylor, D.P., McClure, V., 2016. Piroxicam and doxycycline treatment for an oral squamous cell carcinoma in an inshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). Aust. Vet. J. 94(6), 203–207.

*

Source: Newman, S.J., Smith, S.A., 2006. Marine mammal neoplasia: a review. Vet. Pathol. 43(6), 865–880 Available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1354/vp.43-6-865.