Abstract
Skin tumors represent a third and a quarter of all tumors in the dog and cat, respectively. Cytology comprises the most common approach for initial evaluation of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions in both primary care and specialty practice. Cutaneous lesion cytology can be particularly instrumental in differentiating neoplastic from non-neoplastic lesions, with a reported sensitivity of 89% and specificity of 98–100%. This chapter is dedicated to description of the cytologic appearance of the most commonly cytologically diagnosed neoplasms and masses in the skin.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Veterinary Cytology |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Pages | 115-137 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119380559 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119125709 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Cutaneous mass
- cutaneous neoplasia
- fine needle aspirate
- mass aspirate
- skin cytology
- subcutaneous mass
- subcutaneous neoplasia