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The Grading, Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Canine Mast Cell Tumors, Saroj Chanyapat, Apichart Srifawattana, Sahaphon Rattanatan, Anudep Rungsipipat, Somporn Techangamsuwan, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech
The Grading, Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Canine Mast Cell Tumors, Saroj Chanyapat, Apichart Srifawattana, Sahaphon Rattanatan, Anudep Rungsipipat, Somporn Techangamsuwan, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Forty-seven cutaneous mast cell tumors from dogs were pathologically classified into three grades numbered grade 1 to 3. Age, sex, breed, tumor location, and their histologic grading were tabulated. Luna’s method, Unna’s method, Giemsa, toluidine blue, and alcian blue/safranine stainings were applied in order to compare the diagnosis and prognosis of the tumors. The staining was positive for mast cell tumors by the different methods 64% (30/47), 68% (32/47), 70% (33/47), 72% (34/47), and 81% (38/47), respectively. The accuracy of the staining decreased when the mast cells became poorly differentiated. The alcian blue/safranine stain yielded the greatest number of positives: …