Spontaneous Primary Right Tibiotarsal Osteosarcoma with Pulmonary Metastasis in a Free-Ranging Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

J Wildl Dis. 2020 Jan;56(1):243-246. Epub 2019 Jun 25.

Abstract

We report the pathologic features of a primary right tibiotarsal productive osteoblastic osteosarcoma with pulmonary metastasis, a unique finding in a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / pathology*
  • Charadriiformes*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Osteosarcoma / veterinary*