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From: A rare case of ocular and testicular T-cell lymphoma in a hermaphrodite koi carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758): clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical study

Fig. 2

Lymphoma. Histopathological findings of the right ocular mass (a-d). (a) Scanned image of vertical cross-section of the right eye shows invasion of basophilic neoplastic cells (*) into (chamber of the vitreous body) and around the right eye from the outermost layer of posterior part of the eye (sclera) (S) until outermost layer of anterior portion (cornea) (C, ellipse). Scleral cartilage (SC). (b & c) Basophilic neoplastic cells (*) filled the chamber of the vitreous body until pigmented layer of iris. Iridophores (white arrowhead) are characterized at the light microscopic level by the presence of olive-green pigments which are birefringent with polarized light. Melanin (black arrowhead) and cornea (C). (d) Higher magnification (ellipse in Fig. 2a) shows invasion of neoplastic cells (arrowheads) to the corneal stroma (C) (H&E).

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