Melanotic lesions in the internal organs of miniature swine
Flatt, R.E.; Nelson, L.R.; Middleton, C.C.
Archives of Pathology 93(1): 71-75
1972
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-0153 PMID: 4108498 Document Number: 49913
When 20 miniature pigs with pigmented skin lesions were killed, melanotic lesions were found in the regional lymph nodes and occasionally in the brain, meninges, lungs, liver, urinary bladder, heart, spleen, adrenals, ovaries, skeletal muscle, bone, stomach, and small intestine; some were interpreted as melanomas. This porcine condition is a potential model for the study of melanin metabolism and melanomas.