Smith D A, Barker I K
Vet Pathol. 1983 Mar;20(2):223-9. doi: 10.1177/030098588302000210.
Twelve of 152 striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) necropsied at the Ontario Veterinary College between 1970 and 1980 had neoplasms. Tumors occurred in one of 86 wild skunks, and 11 of 66 captive skunks. Captive skunks were primarily from one source and were older animals. Tumors in four skunks resembled those found in Hodgkin's disease of man. This diagnosis was based on the presence of Sternberg-Reed cells, the cellular pattern, and the malignant behavior of the neoplasms. In two of these skunks, a second neoplasm also was present. Other tumors diagnosed included pulmonary adenocarcinoma, pulmonary adenomatosis, undifferentiated adenocarcinoma, renal adenocarcinoma, thyroid adenoma, interstitial cell tumor, pheochromocytoma, pinealoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and spindle cell sarcoma.
1970年至1980年间，安大略兽医学院对152只带条纹的臭鼬（臭鼬属）进行了尸检，其中12只有肿瘤。86只野生臭鼬中有1只出现肿瘤，66只圈养臭鼬中有11只出现肿瘤。圈养臭鼬主要来自一个来源，且年龄较大。4只臭鼬身上的肿瘤与人类霍奇金病中发现的肿瘤相似。这一诊断基于施特恩伯格-里德细胞的存在、细胞模式以及肿瘤的恶性行为。在其中2只臭鼬中，还存在第二种肿瘤。诊断出的其他肿瘤包括肺腺癌、肺腺瘤病、未分化腺癌、肾腺癌、甲状腺腺瘤、间质细胞瘤、嗜铬细胞瘤、松果体瘤、鳞状细胞癌和梭形细胞肉瘤。
