Severe soft tissue ossification in a southern right whale Eubalaena australis.
Dis Aquat Organ
; 102(2): 149-56, 2012 Dec 27.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23269389
ABSTRACT
The carcass of a stranded southern right whale Eubalaena australis, discovered on the coast of Golfo Nuevo in Península Valdés, Argentina, exhibited extensive orthotopic and heterotopic ossification, osteochondroma-like lesions, and early degenerative joint disease. Extensive soft tissue ossification led to ankylosis of the axial skeleton in a pattern that, in many respects, appeared more similar to a disabling human genetic disorder, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), than to more common skeletal system diseases in cetaceans and other species. This is the first reported case of a FOP-like condition in a marine mammal and raises important questions about conserved mechanisms of orthotopic and heterotopic ossification in this clade.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Whales
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Ossification, Heterotopic
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Dis Aquat Organ
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Publication country:
ALEMANHA
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ALEMANIA
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DE
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DEUSTCHLAND
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GERMANY