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SUBMITTER: Kuramochi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4527518 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuramochi Mizuki M Izawa Takeshi T Hori Mayuka M Kusuda Kayo K Shimizu Junichiro J Iseri Toshie T Akiyoshi Hideo H Ohashi Fumihito F Kuwamura Mitsuru M Yamate Jyoji J
The Journal of veterinary medical science 20150313 7
A 19-year-old female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) was presented with hind limb weakness, ataxia and respiratory distress. Computed tomography revealed a mass between the left side of the T7 vertebra and the base of the left 7th rib. The tiger then died, and necropsy was performed. Grossly, the vertebral mass was 6 × 5.7 × 3 cm, and invaded the adjacent vertebral bone and compressed the T7 spinal cord. Histologically, the mass was composed of large, clear, vacuolated and polygonal cells ...[more]