A 4-yr-old male diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) was evaluated for multiple black papillated exophytic skin proliferations and signs of pneumonia. The histopathologic structure of the skin biopsy specimens led to the diagnosis of a benign papilloma-like neoplasia. In this case, papillomavirus DNA could be amplified from a biopsy sample with a broad range polymerase chain reaction. Nested pan-herpes polymerase chain reaction was negative, and herpesvirus inclusion bodies were not found. Because of the histologically benign nature of the papilloma, the skin proliferations were left untreated. Ten mo after the first presentation, the skin lesions had regressed almost completely; 34 mo later, only scars from the biopsies were left.
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14 December 2012
MULTIPLE PAPILLOMAS IN A DIAMOND PYTHON, MORELIA SPILOTA SPILOTA
Jessica M. Gull,
Christian E. Lange,
Claude Favrot,
Gerry M. Dorrestein,
Jean-Michel Hatt
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Diamond python
Morelia spilota spilota
neoplasia
papilloma
reptile
skin lesion