Multiple osteochondromas of the antlers and cranium in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Fig 1
Antlered cranium of the white-tailed buck (Odocoileus virginianus), rostro-dorsal view.
The antlers exhibit several pedunculated exostoses of different size. The surface of these exostoses is rugose and characterized by crevices and some deep crater-like depressions (arrowhead). Arrow: small, sessile exostosis on the left zygomatic bone.