Squamous cell carcinoma with vascular invasion in a diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 745-748

  Anderson, Eric T ^a,b   Kennedy Stoskopf, Suzanne ^a   Sandy, Jeanine R ^a   Dorn, Brian ^c   Boyette, Trent ^c   Harms, Craig A ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Marine Sciences and Technology   (United States)

^c Pine Knoll Shores   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Diamondback rattlesnake; neoplasia; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIL; VASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROTALUS; MALE; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 78650082410     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0096.1     Document Type: Article

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