A case of chondrosarcoma in a free-flying Great Egret.
A free-flying Great Egret (Ardea alba) captured in Gifu, central Japan, in May 2006 had a large mass on the right carpal joint. The tumor was diagnosed as chondrosarcoma by histopathologic examination.
Kubo
Masahito
M
United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
Kobayashi
Keiya
K
Masegi
Toshiaki
T
Sakai
Hiroki
H
Tsubota
Toshio
T
Asano
Makoto
M
Itani
Miki
M
Yanai
Tokuma
T
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001717:Birds; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D050824:Carpal Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male