CUTANEOUS HEMANGIOMA IN A GIANT PANDA (AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA)

An adult male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) was presented with a cutaneous mass ventral to the eye. The animal was anesthetized and the mass was surgically excised. Histopathologic examination determined that the mass was a benign cavernous hemangioma, the first reported case in a giant panda.