UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA IN THE OVARY OF A BOA CONSTRICTOR (BOA CONSTRICTOR ORTONI)

A long-term captive Peruvian red-tail boa constrictor (Boa constrictor ortoni) exhibited anorexia and weight loss prior to sudden death. An undifferentiated carcinoma with characteristics of a granulosa cell tumor was identified. Metastasis was manifested as nodules embedded in par aovar?an mesentery and the surface of the liver. The popularity of boa constrictors as zoological display animals and relative scarcity of ovarian neoplasms in snakes warrants reporting of the case.