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RTLA 1822. Goldfish, Carassius auratus 
Material: 
Growth removed from the right side of the head, near 
eye 
Habitat: 
Aquarium pet; Texas 
Diagnosis: 
Ichthyematoma (fish scale tumor) 
Submitter: 
N. Herwig 
RTLA 1823. Boa 
constrictor 
Material: 
One microscope slide 
Diagnosis: 
Lipoma 
Submitter; 
F. L. Frye 
RTLA 1824. Lampfish (?), Lampanyctus cuprarlus 
Material: 
Gross specimen with a growth on the right caudal 
peduncle 
Habitat: 
South of Bermuda 
Diagnosis: 
Lesion contains multlnucleate lavender cells thought 
to be parasites 
Submitter: 
B. J. Zahuranec 
RTLA 1825-1830. 
Rock oyster, Crassostrea commerclalis 
Material: 
Fixed tumor tissue for electron microscopy 
Habitat: 
Nowra (Greenwell Point), New South Wales, Australia 
Diagnosis: 
Papilloma of mantle epithelium 
Submitter: 
P. H. Wolf 
RTLA 1831 & 1832 
. European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis 
Material: 
Six microscope slides 
Habitat: 
Carantec, Brittany, France 
Diagnosis: 
Aber disease (Marteilia refringens) 
Submitter: 
D. J. Alderman 
RTLA 1833. Mussel, Mytilus edulis 
Material: 
Seven microscope slides 
Habitat: 
Menai Straits, North Wales 
Diagnosis: 
Hematopoietic neoplasm 
Submitter: 
D. J. Alderman 
RTLA 1834. Scallop 
Material: 
Two microscope slides 
Diagnosis: 
Hematopoietic neoplasm versus reactive hematopoiesis 
Submitter: 
R. S. Brown 
RTLA 1835. California king snake, Lampropeltls getulus 
Material: 
Two microscope slides; 4 photomicrographs; reprint 
Habitat: 
Walnut Creek, California 
Diagnosis: 
Squamous (versus mucoepidermoid) carcinoma of probable 
salivary gland origin 
Submitter: 
J. R. Hill 
Reprint: 
Hill, James R. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Call- 
fornia King Snake. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc., 171 : 
982. 1977. 
