Nasopharyngeal myxosarcoma in a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2002 Dec;33(4):371-7. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0371:NMIABT]2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

An 18- to 25-yr-old intact female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) was diagnosed antemortem and postmortem with nasopharyngeal myxosarcoma metastatic to the lung, chronic lymphoplasmacytic otitis media, and lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic stomatitis. Myxosarcomas are rare in domestic animals and seldom metastasize; this tumor has not been previously reported in an exotic felid. Computed tomography of the skull was used during the diagnoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Carnivora*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Myxosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxosarcoma / pathology
  • Myxosarcoma / secondary
  • Myxosarcoma / veterinary*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / veterinary