Surgical removal of an undifferentiated abdominal sarcoma from a koi carp (Cyprinus carpio).
An undifferentiated abdominal sarcoma was removed surgically from a koi carp. The diagnostic procedures, including radiography and computed tomography, and the procedures for general anaesthesia and the surgical approach for a celiotomy in a fish are described. The gross and microscopic appearance of the tumour is described and illustrated.
Lewbart
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Department of Companion Animal and Special Species, Medicine, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606, USA.
Spodnick
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Barlow
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Love
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Geoly
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F
Bakal
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*