title: Leishmania amastigotes in neoplastic cells of 3 nonhistiocytic canine tumors.
abstract: Concurrent leishmaniasis and neoplasia has been reported in dogs. This study describes the presence of the protozoa within the cytoplasm of neoplastic cells in 3 different types of tumors. Leishmania amastigotes were detected by light and transmission electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry in a fibrosarcoma, a T-cell lymphoma, and an adrenocortical adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, viale dell'università 16, Legnaro, Italy. silvia.ferro@unipd.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavicchioli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Zan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aresu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Benali
mesh_terms: D018246:Adrenocortical Adenoma / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000469:parasitology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Leishmania; canine neoplasms; immunohistochemistry; ultrastructure