Successful treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a captive green iguana (Iguana iguana)
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| dc.contributor.author | Van der Weyden, Louise
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| dc.contributor.author | O'Dell, Nicolize
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| dc.contributor.author | Avenant, Alida
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| dc.contributor.author | Pazzi, Paolo
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| dc.contributor.author | Koeppel, Katja Natalie
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-21T12:19:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-21T12:19:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Reptiles are popular exotic pets and green iguanas (Iguana iguana) are amongst the top ten most popular reptiles. Here we describe a captive 8-year-old female green iguana that was referred for treatment of a non-healing, discharging lesion on the side of the body. The lesion was surgically excised and histopathological analysis revealed an epidermal proliferation of neoplastic keratinocytes, with focal infiltration through the basement membrane, into the underlying superficial dermis. Marked dysplastic changes, characterized by multifocal dyskeratosis and keratin pearl formation were also noted. A diagnosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was made. Two years later, the iguana has shown no signs of recurrence. This is the first report of successful treatment of cutaneous SCC in a green iguana and contributes to the limited knowledge of cutaneous neoplasms in green iguanas. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Companion Animal Clinical Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Paraclinical Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Production Animal Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | hj2022 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Wellcome Trust | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/topics-in-companion-animal-medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van der Weyden L., O'Dell N., Avenant A. et al. 2022, 'Successful treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a captive green iguana (Iguana iguana)', Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, vol. 46, art. 100610, pp. 1-4. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1938-9736 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.tcam.2021.100610 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83418 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Lizard | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Cancer | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Green iguanas (Iguana iguana) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Dyskeratosis | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Keratin pearl | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Skin | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Treatment | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Surgery | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Veterinary science articles SDG-15 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-15: Life on land | |
| dc.title | Successful treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a captive green iguana (Iguana iguana) | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
