A large osteochondroma of the skull was diagnosed in a young adult free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Wyoming. The 4.8-kg neoplasm primarily involved the left frontal bone with extension into the cranial cavity. Microscopically, the neoplasm was composed of well differentiated trabecular bone and islands of cartilage. This neoplasm is rare in domestic species and has not been reported in cervids. Though benign in morphology, the location and size of the neoplasm was probably responsible for debilitation of the deer.
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1 April 1989
Cranial Osteochondroma in a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus)
E. S. Williams,
E. T. Thorne,
I. J. Yorgason

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
case report
neoplasia
Odocoileus virginianus
osteochondroma
pathology
white-tailed deer