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Table 1 Literature review, abattoir / meat inspection surveys

From: Neoplastic lesions in domestic pigs detected at slaughter: literature review and a 20-year review (1998–2018) of carcass inspection in Catalonia

Type of tumor Organ affected (primary) No.
Adenocarcinoma Gallbladder 1
Adenomyoma Uterus 1
Adnexal adenoma Skin 1
Adrenal adenoma Adrenal gland 1
Adrenocortical carcinoma Adrenal gland 1
Bronchogenic carcinoma Lung 1
Carcinoma, undifferentiated NA 4
Carcinoma, hepatocellular Liver 3
Chondrosarcoma Lung 1
Fibroma Kidney (capsule) (1), peritoneum and pleura (1) 2
Fibrosarcoma Sublumbar connective tissue (1), skin (1), skeletal muscle (1), lung (1), spleen (1), kidney (1) 6
Giant cell carcinoma Various organs 1
Granulosa cell tumor Ovary 3
Hemangioendothelioma Liver 2
Hemangioma Skin (pinna) (1), gastrointestinal tract (1), peritoneum and pleura (2), spleen (2) 6
Hemangiosarcoma Peritoneum and pleura 1
Hepatoma Liver 7
Hypernephroma Kidney 1
Islet-cell tumor Pancreas 1
Leiomyoma Ovary (2), genital tract (1) 3
Leiomyosarcoma Uterus 2
Lymphoma   185
 Multicentric lymphoma Various organs 150
 Thymic lymphoma Thymus 35
Melanoma   5
 Benign (melanocytoma) Skin 4
 Malignant Skin 1
Mesothelioma Peritoneum and pleura 3
Multiple myeloma Hematopoietic 1
NA NA 4
Nephroblastoma   64
 Benign Kidney 63
 Malignant Kidney 1
Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma Ovary 2
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor   3
 Neurofibroma-neurilemmoma Nervous tissue 3
Pheochromocytoma Adrenal gland 1
Renal carcinoma Kidney 2
Reticulum cell sarcoma Lymph nodes 1
Squamous cell carcinoma Skin (5), orbit skin (1) 6
Thymoma Thymus 1
Transitional (urothelial) cell carcinoma with squamous metaplasia Kidney, renal pelvis 1
Wart Skin 1
TOTAL   329
  1. List of reported neoplasm types (alphabetic order), organ affected (primary) and number. The number of cases per organ is indicated in brackets when a neoplasm has been described in more than one organ. Metastases to other organs are not included
  2. NA Not available
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