GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA IN A FLORIDA INDIGO SNAKE (DRYMARCHON-CORAIS COUPERI)

An adult male Florida indigo snake (Drymarchon corals couperi) was pre sented to the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Clinic for evaluation of a swelling in the cranial one third of its bo dy. Survey radiographs, an upper gastrointestinal tract study, and an ultrasonic evaluation indicated an intracoelomic mass with probable ga strointestinal involvement. An exploratory celiotomy revealed a mass o riginating from the wall of the stomach and extending in a polypoid fa shion both into the bowel lumen and transmurally beyond the serosal su rface. Microscopic evaluation of the completely excised mass revealed an adenocarcinoma.