Congenital hepatoblastoma in a neonatal alpaca cria

A neonatal alpaca cria found to have minimal clinical abnormalities was diagnosed postmortem with an epithelial-type hepatoblastoma with combined embryonal and fetal patterns, based on previously reported morphological features. Camelid neoplasia and domestic animal hepatoblastomas are very rare, wi...

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Published in:	Canadian veterinary journal Vol. 42; no. 11; pp. 872 - 874
Main Authors:	Watt, B C, Cooley, A J, Darien, B J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canada 01-11-2001
Subjects:	Animals Animals, Newborn Camelids, New World - abnormalities Fatal Outcome Female Forelimb - abnormalities Hepatoblastoma - congenital Hepatoblastoma - pathology Hepatoblastoma - veterinary Lameness, Animal - diagnostic imaging Lameness, Animal - etiology Liver Neoplasms - congenital Liver Neoplasms - pathology Liver Neoplasms - veterinary Radiography
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Summary:	A neonatal alpaca cria found to have minimal clinical abnormalities was diagnosed postmortem with an epithelial-type hepatoblastoma with combined embryonal and fetal patterns, based on previously reported morphological features. Camelid neoplasia and domestic animal hepatoblastomas are very rare, with only a single case of congenital hepatoblastoma in a domestic animal previously reported.
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ISSN:	0008-5286