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  • Title: Cutaneous fibroma in a captive common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
    Author: Gonzales-Viera O, Bauer G, Bauer A, Aguiar LS, Brito LT, Catão-Dias JL.
    Journal: J Comp Pathol; 2012 Nov; 147(4):574-6. PubMed ID: 22578330.
    Abstract:
    An adult female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) had a mass on the plantar surface of the right forelimb that was removed surgically. Microscopical examination revealed many spindle cells with mild anisocytosis and anisokaryosis and a surrounding collagenous stroma. There were no mitoses. Immunohistochemistry showed that the spindle cells expressed vimentin, but not desmin. A diagnosis of cutaneous fibroma was made. Tumours are reported uncommonly in chelonian species. Cutaneous fibroma has been diagnosed in an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), but not previously in a common snapping turtle.
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