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Cytology of Skin Tumours

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Abstract

The primary neoplasms of the skin are discussed in this chapter. Skin metastases originating from internal malignancies are not included in this wide group of neoplasia, as they will be briefly covered in the Chap. 5. With rare exceptions, such as ulcerative feline squamous cell carcinoma and exfoliative erythematous dermatitis in some cases of canine epitheliotropic lymphoma, almost all skin neoplasia are nodules or plaques. For this reason, an approach based on clinical signs, as used for inflammatory skin diseases, is not possible. Therefore, to discuss the cytology of skin neoplasms, a classification based on the cytological and histological morphology of the neoplastic cells must be used.

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