Case Report of Renal Hemangiosarcoma in a Free-Ranging Red Fox

One case report documents a primary renal hemangiosarcoma in a male red fox from Naples, Italy. The report details diagnostic imaging, cytology, histopathology, and necropsy findings, including metastases to abdominal organs and the heart. Authored by Adriano Minichino and last updated on 2026-03-18, the dataset is a 664.3 KB document shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training diagnostic models for wildlife oncology based on described imaging and pathology findings.
• Benchmarking case-based reasoning systems for rare veterinary conditions.
• Supporting literature reviews on tumor prevalence in free-ranging fox populations.
• Informing wildlife health surveillance protocols based on the systematic investigation approach.

Strengths

• Report includes detailed diagnostic results from ultrasound, radiography, CT, cytology, and histopathology.
• Case is documented as the first of its kind in a free-ranging red fox, contributing to a sparse literature.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Dataset is a single case report, limiting statistical or population-level analysis.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure must be inferred from the text.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single case from Naples, Italy.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Adriano Minichino.

Collection Method

Clinical case investigation at the Wildlife Rescue Center 'Federico II'–Veterinary Hospital, ASL Napoli 1 Centro.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:34:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Naples, Italy; a sparsely urbanized area.