Inflammatory Pseudotumour in Common Seal (Phoca vitulina): A Case Report
Javier M. De Pablo‐Moreno, Rocío Canales, Mireia Mainez, Nicolás Aradilla, Blanca Chinchilla, Néstor Porras, Ignacio Vargas‐Castro, Antonio Rodríguez‐Bertos · 2026
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Description
De Pablo-Moreno and co-authors present a 2026 case report on a tumor look-alike in a captive seal. A 19-year-old male common seal developed a chronic ulcer on a flipper toe. X-rays showed strong bone reaction at the spot, and a companion seal carried similar changes with no outward sign.
Tissue samples revealed nests of spindle-shaped cells mixed with inflamed immune cells. Stain tests painted a myofibroblast profile: positive for three muscle-linked markers, negative for four others that would suggest different tumors. Growth activity was low, at five percent. All signs fit an inflammatory pseudotumour, a benign mass that mimics cancer. Cultures also grew a marine bacterium from the site. Reports like this are rare for seals, whose diseases are far less charted than those of pets.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Javier M. De Pablo‐Moreno, Rocío Canales, Mireia Mainez, Nicolás Aradilla, Blanca Chinchilla, Néstor Porras, Ignacio Vargas‐Castro, Antonio Rodríguez‐Bertos |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |