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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