An 8-yr-old female paca (Agouti paca) was admitted at the Veterinary Hospital of the Belo Horizonte Zoo (Brazil) with an ulcerated cutaneous nodule of approximately 1.5 cm in diameter in the left ear. One week later, other cutaneous nodules were detected in various body locations. The animal died during a surgical procedure to remove the tumors. All cutaneous nodules were histologically similar with features of squamous cell carcinoma. Considering the predominant in situ nature of the lesion as well as its multicentric localization, the disease reported here closely resembles Bowen's disease, which has been described in humans and which has been identified as a rare neoplastic disease of cats, with one single report in a dog. This is the first report of a neoplastic disease in Agouti paca.
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1 June 2008
Multicentric Squamous Cell Carcinona in a Paca (Agouti paca) Resembling Bowen's Disease
Marcela M. Luppi,
Marcelo C. C. Malta,
Maria E. L T. Costa,
Rafael O. C. Motta,
Renato L. Santos
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 39 • No. 2
June 2008
Vol. 39 • No. 2
June 2008
Agouti paca
multicentric squamous cell carcinoma
Paca