Concurrent multicentric hemangiosarcoma and ovarian teratoma in an aged Père david's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 1999 Sep;30(3):456-8.

Abstract

A 20-yr-old female Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) died following a 3-wk history of depression, anorexia, and progressive respiratory distress. At necropsy, numerous soft to firm, tan or blood-filled nodular structures, 1-6 cm in diameter, were noted in the lung and the visceral and parietal pleura and within the mediastinum. Similar nodules were also found in the liver, spleen, kidney, and lymph nodes. Histologically, the nodules were diagnosed as hemangiosarcoma. A benign teratoma was present in the left ovary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autopsy / veterinary
  • Deer*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology
  • Hemangiosarcoma / veterinary*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / veterinary*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pleural Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Splenic Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / veterinary*