ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.54, sa.2, ss.145-146, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
In the case, melonama was described on radix linguae with macroscopical and a microscopical findings in a 16 year-old, female Terrier dog. Macroscopically; the mass which located on radix linguae was measured as 5x3x2 cm and weighted as 25 g, elastic consistency and had a brown. In microscopic examination; uniform structured melanocytes, containing plenty of melanin pigment in their cytoplasms and forming groups in lamina propria with a few giant cells and mitotic figures were observed.