Apr 1, 2009
By:
Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Inflammatory lesions can occur due to infectious or non-infectious causes. Compared to tissue cells, inflammatory cells are readily collected by aspirates and scrapings.
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Apr 1, 2009
By:
Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Round cell tumors are commonly detected as cutaneous or subcutaneous masses. However, the majority of these tumors also appear in other locations.
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Apr 1, 2009
By:
Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Cytology is useful for establishing a diagnosis or can narrow the list of differentials for effusions, masses, lymphadenopathy, or organomegaly.
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Apr 1, 2009
By:
Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Small lymphocytes are smaller in size than a neutrophil and have a round nuclei that takes up the majority of the cell.
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Aug 1, 2008
By:
Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, PhD, DACVP
As the primary cell type present in lymphoid organs is lymphocytes, the first part of this handout will describe the morphologic features of lymphocytes and then briefly describe other methods to assess lymphocytes.
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