Fibrosarcoma subcutáneo en una serpiente de cascabel de roca tamaulipeca (Crotalus morulus) en cautiverio

Authors

  • David Lazcano-Villarreal Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Katya Ortiz-Morales Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Armando Trejo-Chávez Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Juan Antonio García-Salas Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Lydia Allison Fucsko Swinburne University of Technology
  • Larry David Wilson Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/bys4.8-14

Keywords:

Fibrosarcoma subcutáneo, Crotalus morulus, Nuevo Leon

Abstract

Un espécimen macho de cascabel de la montaña (Crotalus morulus) con más de 20 años en cautiverio se presenta a consulta por la presencia de una masa de aspecto tumoral en la parte media dorsal del cuerpo. El único signo clínico que presentó fue anorexia, ya que no mostraba cambios significativos en su actividad ni condición corporal. Se llevó a cabo la cirugía de recisión tumoral como tratamiento de elección y la masa pudo ser retirada completamente en una pieza y enviada para su estudio histopatológico. Lamentablemente, el paciente falleció 16 días después de la cirugía. No se realizó necropsia. Al estudio de laboratorio con las tinciones de hematoxilina y eosina así como tinción tricrómica de Masson se encontró anisocitosis y anisocariosis con células fusiformes y poligonales en fascículos irregulares, entremezcladas con fibras de colágena; el índice mitótico era marcado, con 2 a 3 nucléolos por núcleo, y fue notable la presencia de numerosas mitosis atípicas. También había presencia de numerosos vasos sanguíneos y escasas células inflamatorias. Se diagnosticó fibrosarcoma subcutáneo con alto riesgo de metástasis. Mediante el presente reporte de caso, se pretende aportar información que permita el estudio de los procesos oncológicos en ofidios en cautiverio.

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Author Biographies

David Lazcano-Villarreal, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

David Lazcano is a herpetologist who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical science in 1980, and a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1982. In 1999 he earned a master’s degree in wildlife management, and later a doctoral degree in biological sciences with a specialty in wildlife management (2005), all gained from the Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Currently, he is a full-time professor at the same institution, where he teaches courses in animal behavior, biogeography, biology of chordates, and wildlife management. He is also the head of Laboratorio de Herpetología and Coordinación de Intercambio Académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas at UANL. Since 1979, he has been teaching and providing assistance in both undergraduate and graduate programs. His research interests include the study of the herpetofaunal diversity of northeastern Mexico, as well as the ecology, herpetology, biology of the chordates, biogeography, animal behavior, and population maintenance techniques of montane herpetofauna. In addition, the species Gerrhonotus lazcanoi has been named in his honor.

Lydia Allison Fucsko, Swinburne University of Technology

Lydia Allison Fucsko is an amphibian conservationist and environmental activist.. She is also a gifted photographer who has taken countless pictures of amphibians, including photo galleries of mostly southeastern Australian frogs. Dr. Fucsko has postgraduate degrees in computer education and in vocational education and training from The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.  Additionally, Lydia holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia. She received her Ph.D. in environmental education, which promoted habitat conservation, species perpetuation, and global sustainable management from Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Fucsko, in addition, is an educational consultant. The species Tantilla lydia has been named recently in her honor.

Larry David Wilson, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano

Larry David Wilson is a herpetologist with lengthy experience in Mesoamerica. He was born in Taylorville, Illinois, United States, and received his university education at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (B.S. degree), and at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (M.S. and Ph.D. degrees). He has authored or co-authored more than 430 peer-reviewed papers and books on herpetology. Larry is the senior editor of Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles and the co-author of eight of its chapters. His other books include The Snakes of Honduras, Middle American Herpetology, The Amphibians of Honduras, Amphibians & Reptiles of the Bay Islands and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras, The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia, and Guide to the Amphibians & Reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Honduras. To date, he has authored or co-authored the descriptions of 74 currently recognized herpetofaunal species, and seven species have been named in his honor, including the anuran Craugastor lauraster, the lizard Norops wilsoni, and the snakes Oxybelis wilsoni, Myriopholis wilsoni, and Cerrophidion wilsoni. Currently, Larry is Co-chair of the Taxonomic Board for the journal Mesoamerican Herpetology

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2021-07-31

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Lazcano-Villarreal, D., Ortiz-Morales, K., Trejo-Chávez, A., García-Salas, J. A., Fucsko, L. A., & Wilson, L. D. (2021). Fibrosarcoma subcutáneo en una serpiente de cascabel de roca tamaulipeca (Crotalus morulus) en cautiverio. Biología Y Sociedad, 4(8), 45–50. https://doi.org/10.29105/bys4.8-14

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