Cutaneous fibropapilloma in a mountain lion (Felis concolor)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2003 Jun;34(2):179-83. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)034[0179:CFIAML]2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

A 12-yr-old mountain lion (Felis concolor) developed a 0.5-cm3 raised nonpigmented and nonulcerated mass between the lip and the nasal planum. The tumor was surgically removed and diagnosed histologically as a fibropapilloma. The tumor recurred 1 yr later, at which time it was again excised, and the diagnosis was reconfirmed by biopsy. Frozen tissue from the second excision was submitted for polymerase chain reaction testing for papillomavirus. The 176-base pair polymerase chain reaction product recovered from the tumor was cloned and sequenced. The papillomavirus had 96% homology with a papillomavirus previously retrieved from a fibropapilloma in a domestic cat and is the next most closely related to bovine papillomavirus type 1. This is the first report of a virus-associated fibropapilloma in a mountain lion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Base Sequence
  • Carnivora*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibroma / pathology
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Fibroma / veterinary*
  • Fibroma / virology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / veterinary
  • Papilloma / pathology
  • Papilloma / surgery
  • Papilloma / veterinary*
  • Papilloma / virology
  • Papillomaviridae / genetics
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Papillomavirus Infections / pathology
  • Papillomavirus Infections / surgery
  • Papillomavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Skin Neoplasms / virology