Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8980817 | Journal of Comparative Pathology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A 17-year-old horse developed severe proptosis of the left eye over a period of 1.5 years. At post-mortem examination a neoplasm was found involving the left ethmoid bone, left maxillary sinus, left orbit, left superior turbinate, and the left eye. Tumour cells were arranged in nests separated by a fine fibrovascular stroma. Immunohistochemically, the tumour cells were labelled by antibodies against neurofilament protein, synaptophysin, glial fibrillary acidic protein and S-100 protein antigen, but were negative for chromogranin A, cytokeratin and desmin. Electronmicroscopically, the cells showed neurosecretory granules with an electron-dense centre and a light halo, and microfilaments. On the basis of macroscopical, light microscopical and ultrastructural findings a diagnosis of a metastatic esthesioneuroblastoma was made.
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Authors
C. Döpke, A. Gröne, M.v. Borstel, T.v. Oppen, M.H. Boéve, W. Baumgärtner,