Incomplete ovariosalpingectomy and subsequent malignant granulosa cell tumor in a female green iguana (Iguana iguana)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Cruz Cardona, Janice A ^a   Conley, Kenneth J ^a   Wellehan, James F X ^a   Farina, Lisa L ^a   Origgi, Francesco C ^b   Wamsley, Heather L ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; LIZARD; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; LIZARDS; OVARIECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 79960602187     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.239.2.237     Document Type: Article

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