Challenges in diagnosing canine spindle cell tumours using immunohistochemistry, illustrated by three nonpigmented malignant cases from the nictitating membrane.
Kristine Bundgaard Kjellingbro,
Carolina Naranjo Freixa,
Lauge Hjorth Mikkelsen
et al.
Abstract:Background
Nonpigmented malignant spindle cell tumours of the membrana nictitans are rare in dogs. In twenty-three years only three cases have been diagnosed in Scandinavia. This study describes the three cases of malignant tumours of the membrana nictitans recorded by the Eye Pathology Section, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with reference to the clinical appearance and work-up, the treatment and prognosis, the histopathological description including immunohistochemistry. The three cases are compared to … Show more
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