Equine nasal and paranasal sinus tumours. Part 1: Review of the literature and tumour classification

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-279

  Head, K W ^a   Dixon, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine; Nasal; Neoplasia; Non neoplastic growths; Paranasal sinuses; Pathology; Sinonasal tumour classification

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BONE TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NOSE TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033126851     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1998.0370     Document Type: Review

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