Pericardial effusion associated with metastatic disease from an unknown primary tumor in a dog

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Kirsch, John A ^a   Dhupa, Sarit ^a   Cornell, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0034152575     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-36-2-121     Document Type: Article

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