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Pulmonary carcinoma with metastasis in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, October 2016
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Title
Pulmonary carcinoma with metastasis in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)
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BMC Veterinary Research, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12917-016-0855-9
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Cristian M. Suárez-Santana, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Manuel Arbelo, Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet, Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, Nakita Câmara, Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández

Abstract

Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in humans, however this does not apply to other animal species. Living in an aquatic environment the respiratory system of cetaceans had to undergo unique adaptations in order to them to survive and cope with totally different respiratory pathogens and potentially carcinogens from those affecting humans. This article discusses not only macroscopical, histopathological and immunohistochemical features of a pulmonary carcinoma with disseminated metastases in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), as well as the immunohistochemical analysis performed on various tissues of cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. On the necropsy examination of the carcass, multiple pulmonary nodules and generalised thoracic lymphadenomegaly were noted. Histologically, a malignant epithelial neoplasia was identified in the lung, thoracic lymph nodes, and adrenal gland. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a pulmonary carcinoma. Vasculogenic mimicry and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotype, as suggested by cytomorphological and immunohistochemical characteristics, were observed. A diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary carcinoma was determined, which to the author's knowledge, appears to be not previously recorded in long-finned pilot whale species. This is also the first report of vasculogenic mimicry and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition event in a spontaneous cancer from a cetacean species.

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Unknown 24 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 13%
Student > Master 3 13%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Unspecified 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 6 25%
Unknown 6 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 13%
Unspecified 2 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 6 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2017.
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#7,686,672
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Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#616
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#112,054
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#11
of 55 outputs
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