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Sublingual squamous cell carcinoma in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).

Michael S. Renner, Ruth Y. Ewing, Gregory D. Bossart, D P Harris

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A 22-yr-old captive-born Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presented with a nonhealing sublingual mucosal ulcer that was diagnosed histologically as a squamous cell carcinoma, the first such report in a dolphin. The lesion was excised completely and has not recurred.

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A 22-yr-old captive-born Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presented with a nonhealing sublingual mucosal ulcer that was diagnosed histologically as a squamous cell carcinoma, the first such report in a dolphin. The lesion was excised completely and has not recurred.

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A 22-yr-old captive-born Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presented with a nonhealing sublingual mucosal ulcer that was diagnosed histologically as a squamous cell carcinoma, the first such report in a dolphin. The lesion was excised completely and has not recurred.

Key concepts: Bottlenose dolphin, Basal cell, Lesion, Carcinoma, Pathology, Biology, Anatomy, Medicine

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