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RTLA 1606. Boa constrictor 
Material: 
Tissue: liver, pancreas, non-functlonlng testis and 
ovary; 2 microscope slides 
Diagnosis: 
Hermaphrodite; sertoll cells prominent due to loss of 
spermatogenesis 
Submitter: 
F. L. Frye 
RTLA 1607. Sea star, Asterias forbesi 
Material: 
Three gross specimens: one with a small., firm, raised 
growth on an arm; the other two injected with viruses 
Diagnosis: 
Specimen with growth: deformity of regeneration; two 
specimens injected with viruses: no apparent reaction 
Submitter: 
F. B. Bang 
RTLA 1608-1614. 
Material: 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
Rock oyster, Crassostrea commercialis 
Seven growths cut into cubes; 7 paraffin blocks 
Greenwell Point, Shoalhaven River, Australia 
Epidermal papillomas of the mantle 
P. H. Wolf 
RTLA 1615. Rainbow trout, Salmo galrdnerl 
Material: One microscope slide; 1, 35 mm color transparency 
Diagnosis: Nephroblastoma 
Submitter: H. Wolf 
RTLA 1616. Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexlcanum 
Material: Two nodules 
Diagnosis: Granulomas of probable helmlnthologlc etiology 
Submitter: R. Verhoeff-de Fremery 
RTLA 1617. Jewflsh, Eplnephelus Itajara 
Material: 
Two microscope slides; 6, 35 mm color transparencies; 
4 electron photomicrographs 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
Mesotheliomas; rodlet cells 
R. R. Shields 
RTLA 1618. Kol carp, Cyprlnus carplo 
Material: 
Three small lesions surgically removed from the body 
wall 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
Outdoor pond; Japanese Tea Gardens, San Jose, California 
Neurilemraal sarcomas 
G. C. Blasiola, Jr. 
RTLA 1619. Red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus vlrldescens 
Material: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
Spleen with a large growth and several nodules 
Infectious granulomas of acid-fast bacterial etiology 
N. Cohen 
RTLA 1620-1640. 
Material: 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
Soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria 
Twenty-one paraffin blocks; 1 pathology report 
Various sites in the Chesapeake Bay 
Cytoplasmic inclusions 
S. V. Otto 
