Clinicopathologic and Electron Microscopic Study of Cutaneous Neuroendocrine (Merkel Cell) Carcinoma in a Cat with Comparisons to Human and Canine Tumors
Patnaik A, Post G, Erlandson R. Clinicopathologic and Electron Microscopic Study of Cutaneous Neuroendocrine (Merkel Cell) Carcinoma in a Cat with Comparisons to Human and Canine Tumors. Veterinary Pathology 2001, 38: 553-556. PMID: 11572564, DOI: 10.1354/vp.38-5-553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMerkel cell tumorNeuroendocrine carcinomaCell tumorsMalignant neuroendocrine carcinomasCutaneous neuroendocrine carcinomaElectron microscopic findingsBasis of morphologicMaine Coon catsSurgical excisionMicroscopic findingsTumor malignancyCanine tumorsBenign natureTumorsMalignancyElectron microscopic studyCarcinomaCatsMicroscopic studyClinicopathologicHumansExcisionDiagnosisDogs