Subcutaneous neoplasms of the ventral abdomen with features of adrenocortical tumors in two ferrets

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 951-955

  Smith, Mark ^a,c   Schulman, F Y ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical tumor; Ferrets; Sex cord stromal tumor; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FERRET; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERRETS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

MUSTELA;

EID: 37149048671     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-6-951     Document Type: Article

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