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Fig. 8.37. Dog. Merkel cell tumour. Cells are relatively uniform in size and shape and have a high N:C ratio. Cell bor-
ders are poorly defined. Nuclei are round, with a finely stippled to granular chromatin and inconspicuous nucleoli.
The cytoplasm is scant and pale basophilic. Wright-Giemsa.

Further reading

Dohata, A., Chambers, J.K., Uchida, K., Nakazono, S., Kinoshita, Y., Nibe, K. and Nakayama, H. (2015) Clinical and
pathologic study of feline Merkel cell carcinoma with immunohistochemical characterisation of normal
and neoplastic Merkel cells. Veterinary Pathology 47(6), 1090–1094.
Sumi, A., Chambers, J.K., Doi, M., Kudo, T., Omachi, T. and Uchida K. (2018) Clinical features and outcomes of
Merkel cell carcinoma in 20 cats. Veterinary Comparative Oncology 16(4), 554–561.