Cutaneous mast cell tumour (MCT) Patnaik and Kiupel grading schemes rely on qualitative and semiquantitative features susceptible to interobserver variability. Stereological estimation of volume-weighted mean nuclear volume (MNV) provides information about both size and variability of nuclear size, which has been proven to have a prognostic value in other solid tumours. The objective was to compare MNV with MCT...
STEREOLOGICAL ESTIMATION OF MEAN NUCLEAR VOLUME AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN CANINE MAST CELL TUMOURS M. Casanova*, S. Branco*, I. Veiga† and P. Faísca‡ *Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, †Institut für Tierpathologie, Vetsuisse Bern, Bern, Switzerland and ‡Histopathology Unit, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal Introduction: Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour (MCT...