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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(2), 2008, pp. 505-508
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Tubulopapillary Mammary Carcinoma in a Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

 Deniz Nak1,5, I. Taci Cangul2, Yavuz Nak1, Huseyin Cihan3 and Nureddin Celimli4

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, 16190 Bursa, Turkey
2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, 16190 Bursa, Turkey
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, 16190 Bursa, Turkey
4 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, 16190 Bursa, Turkey
5 Corresponding author (email: dnak{at}uludag.edu.tr)

ABSTRACT:   A 28-yr-old, nulliparous female brown bear (Ursus arctos) at the Karacabey Ovakurusu Bear Sanctuary presented with an enlargement of the mammary gland. Three other nodules were also noted in the proximity of the mammary gland and over the vulva. Clinical, hematologic, ultrasonographic, and radiologic examinations were performed; the enlarged mammary gland was removed and the other masses were also excised. Histopathologic examination revealed tubulopapillary carcinoma of the mammary gland, and the other masses were diagnosed as epidermoid cysts. This is the first reported case of tubulopapillary mammary carcinoma accompanied by epidermoid cysts in a bear.
  Key words:  Brown bear, mammary tumor, tubulopapillary carcinoma, Ursus arctos.






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