Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Mastocytoma is a kind of cutaneous tumour consisting of a great number of
variously differentiated mastocytes. In dogs, they make 15-20% out of all
cutaneous tumours, and are also considered to be potentially malignant skin
tumours. They appear mosly in the region of abdomen (50-60%), less frequenly
at limbs (25-40%) and very rarely at head and neck skin (10%). This work is a
retrospective analysis of all diagnosed mastocytoma during the period from
2004. to 2012. at the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
in Belgrade. Biopsy material was exposed to histopathological examination.
Tissue cuttings of 3-5 ?m thick were dyed by HE method and TB method.
Questionnaire on the frequency of mastocytoma was carried out in 40
veterinary policlinics in Belgrade. During the specified period, 65 cases of
mastocytoma were diagnosed. They participated in 9.46% of all skin tumours.
They were located at head skin, abdomen skin and limbs skin as well, and
found in various dogs breeds. Mastocytomas were diagnosed in 25 policlinics
in Belgrade. They were of nodose, irregular, verrucose and polypose shapes
with numerous secondary alterations. Mastocytoma represented most frequent
hematopoietic and ?round cell? diagnosed tumours. Most frequently they were
located at limbs. Predisposed breeds are Golden Retriever and half-breed.
Nodose form with expansive growth and secondary alterations such as
inflammations was prevailing.</jats:p>