Squamous cell carcinoma associated with a periorbital mass in a veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-220

  Abou Madi, Noha ^a   Kern, Thomas J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Chameleo calyptratus; Orbit; Squamous cell carcinoma; Veiled chameleon

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; MAMMAL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCALE UP; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; ORBIT TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; LIZARDS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036715723     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2002.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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