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11798242

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
Balloon cell melanoma, a variant of malignant melanoma, has been reported on rare occasions in animals and is uncommon in man. Such tumours have variable numbers of large, round to polygonal cells with abundant, clear, often vacuolated cytoplasm containing fine melanin granules and variable amounts of lipid. This report describes balloon cell melanomas in three dogs. Immunohistochemically, these tumours showed reactions similar to those of human melanomas when tested with antibodies against S-100 protein, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and vimentin. Electron microscopically, numerous heterogeneous melanosomes were demonstrated in the balloon cell cytoplasm of one tumour. Although balloon cell melanoma apparently occurs infrequently in dogs, it should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of neoplasms containing clear cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9975
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Balloon cell melanoma in three dogs: a histopathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-7500, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports