INTRACRANIAL GANGLIOCYTOMA IN A DOG

The clinical, pathologic, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopi c characteristics of a pure intracranial gangliocytoma in a 6-year-old spayed female dog are presented. The tumor is very rare in humans, an d has not been previously reported in the dog. The most remarkable fea ture of this tumor was that it was composed of a single neuronal cell type without the presence of glial elements, as demonstrated by the ne gative immunohistochemical reaction to glial fibrillary acidic protein .