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Intestinal mast cell tumour in a dog
Author(s) -
PATNAIK A. K.,
TWEDT D. C.,
MARRETTA S. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1980.tb01237.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , mesentery , mesenteric lymph nodes , pathology , bone marrow , mast cell , german shepherd dog , anatomy , spleen , immunology
A 9‐year old male German Shepherd Dog had a primary mast cell tumour in the ileocaecal valve. The dog had diarrhoea and weight loss and there was physical and radiographic evidence of an abdominal mass. A pedunculated mass was seen attached to the ileocaecal valve, and the adjoining lymph nodes were enlarged. The neoplastic cells were characterized by mature mast cells with typical granules replacing the intestinal wall and mesentery, which had metastasized to the lymph nodes, bone marrow, liver and lungs.