Heterotopic Kidney Tissue in the Lung of a Free-living Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

A spontaneous case of renal heterotopia involving the lung parenchyma of a free-living, adult, female common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), which was found stranded alive on the North Adriatic Sea coast of Italy, is reported in this study. The lesion, slightly visible from the macroscopic point of vie...

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Published inVeterinary pathology Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 213 - 214
Main Authors Di Guardo, G, Marruchella, G, Affronte, M, Zappulli, V, Benazzi, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2005
Subjects
abnormal development
Animals
case studies
Choristoma - pathology
Choristoma - veterinary
Dolphins
Female
histology
Kidney
Lung - pathology
Lung Diseases - pathology
Lung Diseases - veterinary
Italy
heterotopia
lung
heterotopic kidney tissue
renal heterotopia
dolphins
developmental pathology
humans
Cetaceans
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Summary:A spontaneous case of renal heterotopia involving the lung parenchyma of a free-living, adult, female common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), which was found stranded alive on the North Adriatic Sea coast of Italy, is reported in this study. The lesion, slightly visible from the macroscopic point of view, had the histologic appearance of a "foreign tissue island," which was poorly demarcated from the surrounding pulmonary tissue. Within such an island, several regularly shaped and apparently mature kidney glomeruli and tubules could be observed, with no evidence of secondary tissue reaction. To the best of our knowledge, this should be the first description of heterotopic kidney tissue occurrence in the lung of any domestic or wild animal species.
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ISSN:0300-9858
1544-2217
DOI:10.1354/vp.42-2-213