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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul;30(4):1402-6.
doi: 10.1111/jvim.13953. Epub 2016 May 28.

Insulinoma in a 5-Year-Old Dexter Cow

C Binici  1 , S Plog  2 , O Kershaw  2 , M Schmicke  3 , J H van der Kolk  4 , K E Müller  1
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Insulinoma in a 5-Year-Old Dexter Cow

C Binici et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2016 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cattle; Hypoglycemia; Pancreas; Tumor.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Plasma glucose and serum insulin concentrations during intravenous glucose tolerance test using 170 mg glucose/kg BW in the Dexter cow.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pancreas with multifocal whitish nodules, formalin‐fixed.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Polygonal neoplastic cells with high amounts of eosinophilic cytoplasm arranged in a neuroendocrine pattern of nests and packets, separated by moderate amounts of fibrovascular stroma. HE stain.
Figure 4
Figure 4
(A) Anti‐insulin immunohistochemistry showing variably intense cytoplasmic staining of neoplastic cells. (B) Higher magnification. Note that not all neoplastic cells are positive for insulin. DAB staining (brown) with hematoxylin counterstaining (blue).
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