title: Immunohistochemical characteristics of canine aortic and carotid body tumours.
abstract: In an immunohistochemical study of 25 canine chemodectomas, 17 tumours were stained with antisera to neurone specific enolase and the same number were stained for synaptophysin; a single tumour was stained for S100. Staining for Ki-67 occurred in 18 cases; the Ki-67-labelling index and the intensity of immunostaining was increased in more pleomorphic and malignant tumours, as assessed on histological grounds. Immunohistochemistry did not aid in recognition of less well-differentiated tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol Veterinary School, Langford, Bristol, BS40 5DU, UK. p.brown@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rema
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gartner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001016:Aortic Bodies; D001947:Breeding; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D019394:Ki-67 Antigen