Spindle cell tumor in a brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

Alex M. Barlow; Alex Schock; J. Paul Duff; Harriet W.Brooks Brownlie; George Bemment; Richard M. Irvine

doi:10.7589/2018-10-257

Spindle cell tumor in a brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

Alex M. Barlow^*, Alex Schock, J. Paul Duff, Harriet W.Brooks Brownlie, George Bemment, Richard M. Irvine

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Bristol Veterinary School

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Abstract

Most reports of neoplasia in bats are in captive Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyp-tiacus), a megachiropteran species. Only three reports of neoplasia in microchiropteran species have been reported. We report the detection of a tumor in a wild brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), a microchiropteran species, in England. Histolopathology indicated the mass was a spindle cell tumor, likely of smooth muscle origin, which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	908-911
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-10-257
Publication status	Published - 9 Oct 2019

Keywords

Bat
Histopathology
Immunohistochemistry
Leiomyosarcoma
Neoplasia
Surveillance

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