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[Primary cutaneous and metastasing haemangiosarcoma in an addax (Addax nasomaculatus)]. 2008

P Wohlsein, and H Schöpper, and J Kämmerling, and U Wünsch, and C Schulze

Institut für Pathologie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover. peter.wohlsein@tiho-hannover.de

Neoplastic diseases were described very rarely in addax (Addax nasomaculatus). In this communication clinical signs, morphological and immunohistological findings in a 15-year-old, female addax with a primary cutaneous, re-occurring and metastasing haemangiosarcoma of a forelimb are reported.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008175	Lung Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.	Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D005260	Female		Females
D005552	Forelimb	A front limb of a quadruped. (The Random House College Dictionary, 1980)	Forelimbs
D006394	Hemangiosarcoma	A rare malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating, anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled or lumpy spaces. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Angiosarcoma,Angiosarcomas,Hemangiosarcomas
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000836	Animals, Zoo	Animal population groups or individual animals that reside in captivity at a zoological park.	Animal, Zoo,Zoo Animal,Zoo Animals
D000866	Antelopes	Any of various ruminant mammals of the order Bovidae. They include numerous species in Africa and the American pronghorn.	Antelopines,Hippotragines,Antelope,Antelopine,Hippotragine
D012878	Skin Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the SKIN.	Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm
D037901	Euthanasia, Animal	The killing of animals for reasons of mercy, to control disease transmission or maintain the health of animal populations, or for experimental purposes (ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION).	Animal Euthanasia,Mercy Killing, Animal,Animal Mercy Killing