Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in a Juvenile Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

Carine Kolly; Alexandre Bidaut; Nadia Robert

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.603

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1 July 2004 Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in a Juvenile Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

Carine Kolly, Alexandre Bidaut, Nadia Robert

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 40(3):603-606 (2004). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.603

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A cardiac rhabdomyoma is described in a 6-wk-old captive fallow deer (Dama dama) that died suddenly without previous clinical signs. The tumor was characterized by multiple nodules composed of large atypical vacuolated myoblastic cells. As previously reported in humans and other animal species, there is compelling evidence that the cardiac rhabdomyoma is a congenital developmental anomaly rather than a true neoplasm. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a cardiac tumor and a rhabdomyoma in a cervid species.

Kolly, Bidaut, and Robert: Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in a Juvenile Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

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Carine Kolly, Alexandre Bidaut, and Nadia Robert "Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in a Juvenile Fallow Deer (Dama dama)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40(3), 603-606, (1 July 2004). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.603

Received: 2 October 2003; Published: 1 July 2004

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