title: Gastric granulomatous cryptococcosis mimicking gastric carcinoma in a dog.
abstract: An ulcerated lesion resembling a tumour in the lesser curvature of the stomach of a 3-year-old male Dobermann pinscher was found to be caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. The dog had been vomiting for two months and had slight leucocytosis and anaemia. Biopsies of the ulcerated lesion revealed granulomatous inflammation and many cryptococci, which were particularly prominent in PAS and mucicarmine stained sections. No other lesions were found at necropsy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Pathology, State University Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Gaag
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: van Niel
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Belshaw
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wolvekamp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*