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If you asked these cells what was on their nerves today, they'd say ultrasound gel.
Ultrasound gel looks like globby, magenta bits microscopically. If there's enough of it, it can really interfere...
Definition time!
Flame cells are super ramped up plasma cells that exhibit a pink cytoplasmic hue which represents immunoglobulin. They’re sometimes referred to as “constipated”...
Did you know that 60-80% of skin tumors in dogs are benign?
That’s good news! But we can’t know if a tumor is benign or malignant without our microscope, so go ahead and poke...
Nasty mast cell tumor alert
Isn’t it ugly?
Notice the purple cytoplasmic granules– even though there aren’t a ton, there are enough to know it’s a MCT. And the prominent...
WUT! This is one of my favorite cases.
A 5 year old cat presented for progressive tachypnea. Radiographic changes were noted (not described), and the lung was aspirated.
YOU. ARE. NOT....
