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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;48(8):865-7.

Carotid body tumor in dog: a case report

Z Deim  1 , F Szalay, R Glávits, A Bauer, G Cserni
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Case Reports

Carotid body tumor in dog: a case report

Z Deim et al. Can Vet J. 2007 Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Carotid body tumor (dotted line) in the dog as seen during autopsy. A: sternothyroid muscle, B: B: laryngeal prominence.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The cross-section of the common carotid artery (dotted line) and its relation with the tumor mass.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Areas of spindle-shaped cells, with binucleate cells and enlarged nuclei with prominent nucleoli. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; magnification: Bar = 100 μm.
Figure 4
Figure 4
In the electron micrograph, characteristic chief cells possessed abundant dense core granules in the cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus. Bar = 0.15 μm.
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