Animal: Adult, dog
Organ: Lungs
Findings: Lungs from a 12-year-old, entire male dog, with the history of difficulty eating. On gross examination there was a large, ulcerated melanotic tumor within the left lower gum, with metastasis to the lung, kidneys, brain, local lymph nodes and tonsils.
MD: Lung: metastatic melanoma
Contributor: Diana Bochynska DipECVP, Assistant Professor – Veterinary Pathology Ross University, St Kitts and Nevis, West Indies
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