%0 Journal Article %T Significance of cytological smear evaluation in diagnosis of splenic mast cell tumor-associated systemic mastocytosis in a cat (Felis catus) %A Anita Merrill %A Cindy Brown %A Moges Woldemeskel %J Archive of "The Canadian Veterinary Journal". %D 2017 %X An 8-year-old cat was presented with vomiting and weight loss. Histopathology and cytology revealed systemic mastocytosis, a rare condition and a clinical challenge. This case emphasizes the significance of cytological evaluation of smears in diagnosis of mastocytosis and in confirmation in biopsy specimens %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302208/