Table 4. Tumors observed in free-ranging dead roe deer submitted to the Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Switzerland, 1958–2014.
Primary affected organ | Neoplasms |
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Lymph nodes (n = 11) | Lymphosarcoma (n = 8) |
Histiocytic sarcoma (n = 2)* | |
Undetermined | |
Head (n = 10) | Spindle cell sarcoma |
Melanoma* | |
Ossifying fibroma | |
Fibroma/fibropapiloma | |
Osteosarcoma (n = 2) | |
Fibrosarcoma | |
Round cell tumor (brain) | |
Carcinoma of the salivary gland* | |
Undetermined | |
Ovary (n = 3) | Carcinoma/teratoma* |
Granulosa cell tumor* | |
Undetermined | |
Skin of body or limbs (n = 3) | Fibroma |
Fibrosarcoma* | |
Fibropapilloma | |
Lung (n = 3) | Carcinoma (n = 3) |
Liver (n = 2) | Cholangiocarcinoma |
Hepatocellular carcinoma* | |
Kidney (n = 2) | Renal adenocarcinoma |
Adenoma | |
Uterus (n = 1) | Undetermined |
If the number of cases was not specified, the neoplasm was a single occurrence.
*described metastatic spread.