Chondrosarcoma in a Wild Great White Heron from Southern Florida Author(s): Marilyn G. Spalding and J. Carroll Woodard Source: Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 28(1):151-153. Published By: Wildlife Disease Association DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.151 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.151

BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder.

BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research.

journal

Chondrosarcoma Southern

in a Wild

A

ABSTRACT:

white

from heron

is the

first

report

of

and of

Key great

typical

957

a neoplasm

was

the

is

Neoplasms

one

roseate

flying

found

in

a

Florida.

been of

occidentalis,

reported

the

151-153

PP.

Association

1992

reports

have

Ciconibeen

spoonbills

herons (Butorides (Eudocimus albus),

stria137

(Ajaia

seven

ajaja),

from

captured

on

18 January

1990

next Wild

a hepatocellulan carcinoma, hepatocellulan tumor and cho!angiocarcinoma from three lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor);

33036, USA). The frozen mitted for necropsy. A complete necropsy The carcass was that of

an adenocancinoma noma from two icopterus

ruber); from

(Cochlearius

and greater

cholangiocarciflamingos (Phoen-

and a Panama cochlearius

a metastatic osteoboat-billed heron panamensus)

(Eff non et a!., 1977; Wadsworth Lopez and Menino-Moncada, al., 1982). Siegfried plasms to be extremely birds. No record could plasms in free-flying In a 4-yr survey of death

of adult

juvenile

(n

ciconiiformes neoplasia

=

(n

68)

nestling

in Florida, was encountered

great

white

great egrets

blue herons (Casmerodius (Egretta

herons

only

(Ardea (A.

thula),

tricolored

(Fig.

that

pabrae. low/tan,

110

was

her-

and

by

part

was

firmly

a firm

presumed

tendon

sub-

of

attached

of

to be

con-

band the

of pyramidalis.

it protruded

the

white

and the appeared

membrane, tendon. The space; the from

the

The surface was rough and except where it was covered

Tissue from pectoral

of

hyper-

Conjunc-

this tendon the mass

the nictitating the pyramidalis the conjunctival

a brown crust. found between ossicles. There contact between

herons (E. (E. rufes(Botaurus

the

was performed. a severely ema-

1) was

tissue surrounded of the mass. Thus,

larger

715)

carcass

region

space

to arise from possibly from mass occupied

138 great 141 snowy

ons (E. tricolor), 61 little blue caerulea), seven reddish egrets cens), one American bittern lentiginosus), four herons (Nycticorax low-crowned night violaceus), 13 cattle

=

ventromedial

the

tival base

this case of among 125

herodius),

herodius), albus), 113

(n

mass

to

trophied

cause

died

male great white heron. A 3.0 cm round, firm, pedun-

culated

tissue

post-fledging

174),

=

and

the

mature 3.5 x

junctival

(1983) found neorare in free-flying be found for neo-

and

day. It was taken to the Florida Keys Bird Center (Islamorada, Florida

ciated 3.3 x

et al., 1985; 1986; Liu et

ciconiiformes. to determine

and

Key, Monroe County, Florida (USA; 24#{176}38’N, 81#{176}24’W) was noted to be weak and to have a tumorous mass associated with the right eye. The bird was easily

infre-

order

ibis

captive birds including a seminoma from the sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus);

egrets

1992.

Disease

wood storks (Mycteria americana) (M. C. Spalding and D. J. Forrester, unpublished data). An adult great white heron on Ramrod

report.

birds

Published

a free

herodius

have in

sarcoma

28(1).

from

1 1 green-backed tus), 83 white

re-

chondrosarcoma,

Ardea

case

in

only from

Neoplasm,

heron,

Ciconiiformes,

iformes.

Heron

Diseases. #{231} Wildlife

‘Department of Infectious Diseases; 2Depament of Comparative Medicine, University of Rorida, Gainesville, Rorida 32611, USA

chondrosarcoma

carcasses

words: white

quently

Woodard,2 of Veterinary

the nictitating membrane of a great (Ardea herodius occidentalis). This

ciconiiform, survey

White

Wildlife

Florida

Marilyn G. Spalding’ and J. Carroll and Experimental Pathology, College

ported

Great

of

palyelby

No connection could be the mass and the scleral was no gross bony lesion or the tumor and the orbit. the mass, both eyes, lung, muscle were fixed in lO97c

buff ered formalin. Histologic sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Both globes appeared grossly and histologically normal. It was easy to physi-

black-crowned night nycticorax), six ye!herons (Nycticorax egrets (Bubulcus ibis),

cally 151

separate

the

partly

encapsulated

mass

152

JOURNAL

OF WILDLIFE

E

I

I

FIGuRE

Bisected

white

(arrowhead), nous

28. NO.

1, JANUARY

1992

‘

tumor

membrane

of a great

VOL.

I

1.

nictitating

DISEASES,

to

heron spindle (b).

portion

Bar

(T)

the

showing cell

right

the

portion

= 0.5

attached

removed

tendinous (a),

by

the

eye

(E)

:::1’H

portion

and

cartilagi-

cm/division.

into three portions (illustrated by a, b, and the arrow in Fig. 1). The dense white tissue band appeared histologically as very dense collagenous

connective

tissue.

Separate

and

adjacent to this was a wedge of elastic tan tissue. Histologically this appeared dense spindle interlacing

cells in a regular bundles (Fig.

firm as

spindle of cartilage

and largest portion sisted of variably separated tive tissue quite

cells, and in were formed.

by loose fibrovascular (Fig. 2b). Chondrocytes often

had

matic multiple nuclei, and ly nested in pale basophilic the matrix inous and intengraded junctival

some The

areas third

(80%) of the tumor consized islands of cartilage

pleomorphic,

(Fig.

connecwere hyperchro-

The cartilagof the tumor near the con-

2a).

The

surface

of the mass was ulcerated and covered by a crust of necrotic cells that contained bacteria! colonies and funga! hyphae. There was evidence of local invasion but not of metastasis.

Representative

of

sm), (c)

(b)

Photomicrographs interaction

cell

of of

cartilaginous

spindle

tissue

portion

portion

tissue

from

tumor has been of Comparative Institute 20306,

(bar

=

tumor

showing

types

(bar

=

100

pm).

orbit

this

deposited Pathology

of Pathology, USA; Accession

9-0). Pool

(1990) as

(bar

500

droma osteoma)

for

a major rodens has

in the (Armed

500

=

sm),

and

Registry Forces

Washington, number

described

a site

the

D.C., 2311227wall

multilobular

of

the

tumor

of

skull. In his experience, cell mesenchyme never

bone in the canine however, spindle formed

were frequentmatrix. Rarely,

was mineralized. spindle cell portions in one small area attachment

2.

region

pattern with 2c). Cellular

morphology was somewhat obscured by freezer artifact; however, pleomorphism was evident. Occasionally pale basophilic matrix was present between more loosly packed islands

FIGURE (a)

part

of the

(=multilobular been described

tumor.

of a dog (Pletcher likened to juvenile

et a!., 1979) aponeurotic

found rarely

however, the head

in humans; occurred on

Chon-

chondroma/ from the orbit and was fibroma

this tumor in humans.

A chondrosarcoma with similar islands of cartilage was described on the metatarsal-phalangea! joint of a free-flying ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) by Siegfried (1983);

however,

that

mass

was

very

large

SHORT COMMUNICA11ONS

and had A spindle by

eroded cell

Siegfried

or invaded portion was

adjacent bone. not described

logically

to

portion almost

multiple

of the identical

tumors

that

were

suggesting transmitted gested that

an infectious cause. Siegfried the fibrosarcomas

and a multicentnic ported by Locke (Branta

netically location white

transmitted of the cartilage heron, sandhill

grouse

suggest

canadensis)

that

such as avian pox could be a cause. in chondrosarcomatous

(J.

This Wildlife

study was Program

C.

Canada be

borne

by

Woodard,

mi-

unpublished

L. GRINER,

wild

Fresh

Water

Fish

Wild the for

Commission

(Contract

is publication number Florida Agricultural ExperLaura Quinn of the Florida

Bird Rehabilitation specimen. We thank

his contribution

and

Center

Steve comments.

proNes-

FORRESTER.

turkeys:

Culex

vanduzeei

exper-

as

of Wildlife

Diseases

of

neoplasia

birds,

of the

K. BENIRSCHKE.

AND

rate

mammals,

17:

and

National

1977.

found

in

reptiles

Cancer

at

captive

necropsy.

Institute

59:

185-

198. LIu,

S.,

E.

P.

DOLENSEK,

Osteosarcoma ama boat-billed

Medical

L. N.

in a Canada A., AND

captive of Zoo

and

Animal

J.

1979.

R.

17: 147-148.

Veterinary of

domestic

(ed).

University

M.

of

pp.

A. STEDHAM. in a dog.

Jour-

Medical

Asso-

A

survey

Avian

plasms

at the

of

Zoological

of Zoo

Animal

for

publication

cartilage.

3rd

ed.,

California

J.

E.

Press,

157-230. Diseases

P. F., D. M. JONES,

1985.

and

Neoplasms

1983.

birds.

bone

animals,

California,

WADSWORTH,

M.

AND

Tumors

in

L.

Journal

187-190.

1990.

Berkeley,

Choin a

ruber.

rodens

American

Tumors

Moulton

1986.

Phoenicopterus

S. A. KOCH,

175:

R.

Received

Avian

megalocytosis

chondroma

the

ciation

nal

canadensis.

hepatic

Medicine

M.,

Orbital of

ln

1396-1398.

M. MERINO-MONCADA.

flamingo,

PLETCHER,

PooL,

181:

in a PanAmerican

neurofibrosarcoma

Branta

goose,

1982.

TAPPE.

7: 196-202.

langiocarcinoma

nal

P.

Association Multicentric

1963.

Diseases

J.

AND

with multiple metastases heron. Journal of the

Veterinary LOCKE,

SIEGFRIED,

funded by the Nongame of the Florida Game and

wild

Wyeomyia Journal

and

Journal

virus,

electron

M.,

Nature

LOPEZ,

virus (Akey et a!., 1981), Pox virus was not found tissue from the

J.

D.

AND

in Florida

vectors.

EFFRON,

ge-

origin. The in the great and ruffed

pox and

free-flying

#88007) and R-01327 of the iment Stations.

bitt

arthropod

imental

re-

might

or of viral tumors cranes,

examined

croscopy data).

Keys vided

genetically (1983) sugshe observed

neurofibrosarcoma (1963) in a wild

goose

crane

or

Avian

CITED

NAYER,

597-599.

(Grus un-

published data). Similar masses were seen on the legs of approximately 1 pen 1,000 cranes in Florida (S. Nesbitt, pens. comm.)

K.

nigripalpus

tumor histo-

found on the legs of a sandhill crane canadensis) in Florida (J. C. Woodard,

J.

K.,

1981.

(1983).

The cartilaginous from this case was

sandhill

LITERATURE B.

AKEY,

153

AND

mammalian

25 January

PUGSLEY.

avian

of London. 16:

73-80. 1991.

in

86-99.

S. L. and

Society Medicine

identified 27:

neoJour-