Nasopharyngeal myxosarcoma in a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Shilton, Catherine M ^a,c   Thompson, Margret S ^b   Meisner, René ^b   Lock, Brad ^b   Lindsay, William A ^a  

^a Ringling Bros Barnum Bailey Ctr E   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myxosarcoma; Nasopharyngeal mass; Panthera tigris

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MYXOSARCOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARNIVORA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MYXOSARCOMA; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038305881     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0371:NMIABT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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