Epizootic carcinoma in the winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1985

Abstract

The winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, is an esteemed food fish and has sustained an important commercial and recreational fishery for many years in the northeastern United States. Histopathologic examinations of hepatic tissues of winter flounder from Boston Harbor revealed a high prevalence of neoplasms. The lesions, designated as cholangiocarcinomas and hepatocarcinomas, were found in 16 of 200 fish examined and resembled those experimentally induced in rodents by exposure to carcinogens.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Science

Volume

228

Issue

4699

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