Surgical treatment of pulmonary melanophoroma in a beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum exasperatum)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 397-399

  Rivera, Sam ^a   Crane, Maria M ^c   Mcmanamon, Rita ^b   Gregory, Christopher R ^b  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heloderma horridum exasperatum; lung; melanophoroma; pulmonectomy; reptile; Rio Fuerte beaded lizard

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HELODERMA HORRIDUM; HELODERMATIDAE; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; LIZARD; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 84930892914     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2014-0188R2.1     Document Type: Article

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