Management of an Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma in an African Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

Phair, Kristen; Carpenter, James W.; Marrow, Judilee C.; Andrews, Gordon A.; Bawa, Bhupinder

doi:10.1053/j.jepm.2011.02.011

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“…[2][3][4][5][6]8,10,12,17,32 Little information on the health status of hedgehog populations is known from other geographic areas. The authors found that the hedgehogs from the Taipei Zoo showed differences in body weight, serum biochemical values, and tumor prevalence compared with those found in previous publications.…”

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“…1 There are an increasing number of reports and research studies on African hedgehog diseases being published, especially regarding spontaneous tumors. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] However, most of this information is based on research in the United States. There are few African hedgehog veterinary medical articles that originate from other countries.…”

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A Retrospective Study of the Medical Status on 63 African Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) at the Taipei Zoo From 2003 to 2011

Pei-Chi

Wang

2015

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine

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A Retrospective Study of the Medical Status on 63 African Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) at the Taipei Zoo From 2003 to 2011

Pei-Chi

Wang

2015

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine

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“…The few retrospective studies that have been conducted on hedgehogs and their diseases have focused primarily on neoplastic disease or clinical diagnoses, and have been based on zoopathological research [ 5 , 8 , 14 , 21 ]. Many case reports have been published on captive African hedgehogs [ 3 , 12 , 15 , 17 , 20 ], most of which have focused on neoplastic disease. The aim of this study was to reveal the incidence of various diseases in captive African pygmy hedgehogs in Japan by using histopathological data.…”

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A retrospective study of disease incidence in African pygmy hedgehogs (<i>Atelerix albiventris</i>)

Okada¹,

Kondo

Sumi³

et al. 2018

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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The African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) is becoming a popular pet in Japan. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of various diseases in African pygmy hedgehogs. We histologically investigated 105 samples from 100 privately-owned pet African pygmy hedgehogs that were submitted to two laboratories (North Lab and Patho Labo) between 2012 and 2017. Tissues submitted for this study were taken from female reproductive organs (33 cases; 31.43%), skin (20 cases; 19.05%), and the oral mucosa (19 cases; 18.1%). The most common histological diagnoses included endometrial stromal nodules identified as benign uterine neoplasia (14 cases; 13.33%); endometrial polyps identified as non-neoplastic polyps (7 cases; 6.67%), gingival hyperplasia and chronic suppurative inflammation in the oral mucosa (11 cases; 10.48%), fibrosarcomas in the skin (8 cases; 7.62%), and mammary tumors (8 cases; 7.62%). In this study, lymphoma and oral squamous cell carcinoma were less common than in the previous reports. The present study revealed the disease prevalence in captive African pygmy hedghogs that were histopathologically examined.

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“…Extraskeletal osteosarcoma (ESOS) is a rare malignant mesenchymal neoplasm, which is never attached to the skeleton, although the histopathological characteristics such as osteoid and bone formation are similar to those of bone-derived osteosarcomas 5 , 6 . ESOS has been reported in dogs, cats, hamsters, a rat, a hedgehog, a maned wolf and a goat as an infrequent tumor 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 .…”

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Spontaneous Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma in a Rabbit (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>): Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Findings

Wijesundera

Izawa

Fujita³

et al. 2013

J Toxicol Pathol

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A spontaneously occurring subcutaneous mass in the left forelimb of a nine-year-old rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was examined histopathologically and immunohistochemically. Clinically, edema and hemorrhage were seen around the mass. No connection of the tumor mass to the appendicular skeleton was found. The tumor was arranged in a solid growth pattern and irregular bundles, and neoplastic cells were polygonal to spindle-shape. Osteoid (positive for osteocalcin) and multinucleated giant cells were diffusely or focally seen. Neoplastic cells were positive for vimentin, osterix and Ki-67, indicating the nature of osteoblasts with proliferating activity, but negative for α-smooth muscle actin, desmin or CD204. Based on these findings, a diagnosis of extraskeletal osteosarcoma was made, a very rare tumor both in laboratory and pet rabbits.

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Management of an Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma in an African Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

A Retrospective Study of the Medical Status on 63 African Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) at the Taipei Zoo From 2003 to 2011

A Retrospective Study of the Medical Status on 63 African Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) at the Taipei Zoo From 2003 to 2011

A retrospective study of disease incidence in African pygmy hedgehogs (<i>Atelerix albiventris</i>)

Spontaneous Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma in a Rabbit (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>): Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Findings

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