| immunohistochemical characterization of a squamous cell carcinoma in a harbour porpoise (phocoena phocoena) from german waters. | neoplastic diseases in cetaceans are considered relatively uncommon. this report describes a gastric squamous cell carcinoma in an adult male harbour porpoise (phocoena phocoena) stranded on the north sea coast of schleswig-holstein, germany. the tumour arose from the squamous epithelium of the first compartment of the stomach and metastases were found in the pulmonary and retropharyngeal lymph nodes, liver, lung and brain. neoplastic epithelial cells expressed cytokeratin (ck) 5, ck6 and ck10. ... | 2010 | 20096418 |
| rhizopusmycosis in a harbor porpoise from the baltic sea. | a case of systemic mycosis due to a rhizopus sp. infection is described in a dead-stranded, 10-yr-old, male harbor porpoise (phocoena phocoena) found on the beach of neustadt, schleswig-holstein on the baltic sea (germany). at necropsy, granulomatous mycotic lesions in brain, lung, kidneys, testis, and draining lymph nodes were found. in addition, a focal ulcerative gastritis of the first stomach, due to a nematode infection, was present and is suspected to be the portal of entry for the fungus. | 1999 | 10479093 |
| histological investigations on the thyroid glands of marine mammals (phoca vitulina, phocoena phocoena) and the possible implications of marine pollution. | in 1988 and 1989, thousands of harbor seals (phoca vitulina) died in the north sea from phocine distemper infection. the morphology of thyroid glands from 40 harbor seals found dead on the north sea coastlines of schleswig-holstein, federal republic of germany, during an epizootic of phocine distemper, was compared with the morphology of thyroid glands from five healthy harbor seals collected in iceland. thyroid glands from seven harbor porpoises (phocoena phocoena) found dead in 1990 on the nor ... | 1993 | 8445768 |
| granulosa cell tumour in a harbour porpoise (phocoena phocoena) from german waters. | neoplastic diseases in harbour porpoises phocoena phocoena have rarely been described, and there are no reported gonadal stromal tumours. a 12 yr old female harbour porpoise was stranded on the north sea coast of schleswig-holstein, germany. necropsy findings included a severe granulomatous pneumonia, pregnancy and a left ovarian tumour. respiratory insufficiency was the likely cause of death. there was a multinodular mass composed of cords with peripherally palisading cells within the left ovar ... | 2012 | 22585304 |