Image Name: skin_029.tif

Image Annotation: Nodular melanoma arising in a metallothionine-hepatocyte growth factor (MT-HGF) transgenic mouse (see also skin_30-31). The tumor is composed of cells with spindle as well as cpithelioid cytology which are better visualized at higher magnification (see skin_30).

Staining Method: Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining Method

Species: Mouse
Strain: FVB

Organ: Skin
Diagnosis: Amelanotic Spindle and Epithelioid Melanoma

Gender:

Promoter: metallothionein (MT)
Gene: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)

Publication: 9823327

Image donated by: Marcus Bosenberg