Congenital Mature Intracranial Teratoma in a Pampas Deer ( Ozotoceros bezoarticus ) in Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2016 Jul;52(3):749-52. doi: 10.7589/2015-03-070. Epub 2016 Jun 16.

Abstract

We describe a congenital mature intracranial teratoma in a Pampas deer ( Ozotoceros bezoarticus ) in southern Brazil. We found an irregular, spongy, space-occupying mass in the brain. The tumor consisted of well-differentiated tissues that derived from all three germ layers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Deer*
  • Female
  • Teratoma / epidemiology
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / veterinary*