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Table 1 tissue distribution and specific diagnosis of tumors in ferrets

From: Neoplastic diseases in the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) in Italy: classification and tissue distribution of 856 cases (2000–2010)

Organ system

Differentiation/site

Diagnosis

N° of cases

Adrenal gland

Cortical

Cortical carcinoma

228

Cortical adenoma

61

Medullary

Pheochromocytoma

11

Neuroblastoma

2

Other

Leiomyoma

5

Spindle cell sarcoma

3

Leiomyosarcoma

2

Malignant neoplasia NOS

1

Pancreas

Insular

Islet cell tumor

190

Exocrine

Exocrine adenocarcinoma

6

Exocrine adenomas

4

Skin and subcutis

Mastocytic

Mast cell tumor

68

Sebaceous

Sebaceous epithelioma

22

Sebaceous adenoma

16

Apocrine

Apocrine adenocarcinoma

10

Apocrine adenoma

8

Squamous

Squamous cell carcinoma

9

Vascular

Hemangioma

8

Angiosarcoma

1

Other

Fibroma

3

Leiomyoma

3

Basal cell carcinoma

2

Trichoblastoma

2

Leiomyosarcoma

1

Rhabdomyosarcoma

1

Infundibular keratinizing acanthoma

1

Lipoma

1

Skeletal system

 

Chordoma

24

Osteosarcoma

2

Abdominal cavity

 

Spindle cell tumor with polygonal cells

22

Leiomyosarcoma

1

Hemangioma

1

Liver

Cholangiocellular

Cholangiocellular carcinoma

6

Vascular

Hemangiosarcoma

4

Hemangioma

2

Hepatocellular

Hepatocellular carcinoma

3

Hepatocellular adenoma

2

Round cell tumor

Undifferentiated NOS

3

Digestive tract

Oral cavity

Squamous cell carcinoma

3

Fibromatous epulis

1

Sarcoma NOS

1

Stomach

Gastric carcinoma

3

Intestine

Adenocarcinoma

6

Leiomyoma

1

Genital system

Ovary

Gonadostromal tumor

3

Carcinoma

1

Uterus

Adenocarcinoma

2

Leiomyoma

1

Vagina

Papilloma

1

Testicle

Seminoma

3

Gonadostromal tumor

2

Prostate

Adenocarcinoma

1

Miscellaneous

Lymph node

Metastatic neoplasm

4

Hemangioma

1

Spleen

RCT NOS

3

Myelolipoma

1

Kidney

Sarcoma NOS

1

Lung

Adenocarcinoma

1

Mediastinum

Hemangioma

1

Thoracic cavity

Sarcoma NOS

1

Salivary gland

Adenoma

1

Lacrimal gland

Adenoma

1