This report describes the histological and immunohistochemical features of a small intestinal tumor that resembled a human gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GISTs) in a seven-year-old male cross-breed dog. This was unique because of the expression of desmin by the tumor. Grossly, the white-gray tumor measured 8.0 × 4.0 × 6.5 cm and was 760 gram in weight. It was cystic and enveloped the jejunum. ...

this report describes the histological and immunohistochemical features of a small intestinal tumor that resembled a human gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gists) in a seven-year-old male cross-breed dog. this was unique because of the expression of desmin by the tumor. grossly, the white-gray tumor measured 8.0 × 4.0 × 6.5 cm and was 760 gram in weight. it was cystic and enveloped the jejunum. ...

background: melanoma causes the greatest morbidity and mortality of all skin cancers. mucosal melanoma is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm. according to previous studies the prevalence of kit mutations in acrallentiginous and mucosal melanomas is relatively low (less than 15–20%), but it can have profound therapeutic implications for localized high risk or metastatic diseases. our goal was...

background: acute myeloid leukaemia (aml) is a cancer of blood-forming cells in bone marrow. c-kit gene is a receptor tyrosine kinase class iii (rtk) that is expressed by early hematopoietic progenitor cells and plays an important role in hematopoietic stem cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. it is known that c-kit is a proto-oncogene and the activating c-kit mutations are likely ...