Metastatic balloon cell melanoma in a dog

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Wilkerson, Melinda J ^a,b   Dolce, Karen ^a   DeBey, Brad M ^a   Heeb, Heather ^a   Davidson, Harriet ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Coles Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell melanoma; Dog; Fine needle aspirate; Histopathology; Melan A; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S100B; VIMENTIN;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAPHRAGM; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUTHANASIA; EVALUATION; EYE; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MELANOSOME; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA; STROMA; TUMOR CELL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037358482     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2003.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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