Cystic thymoma in a cat with cholesterol-rich fluid and an unusual ultrasonographic appearance

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Galloway, P E J ^a,c   Barr, F J ^a   Holt, P E ^a   Brown, P J ^b   Gruffydd Jones, T J ^a  

^a Dept of Clinical Veterinary Science   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ferrymead Vet Clinic   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTS; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031131993     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb03348.x     Document Type: Article

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