Martina Piviani
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Publications
Education:
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pisa, 2004.
SPCAA (Pathology and Clinics of Companion Animals)
University of Pisa, 2007.
MSc (Veterinary Research-Specialty of Internal Medicine and Surgery)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2008.
Permanent linkDVM (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pisa, 2004.
SPCAA (Pathology and Clinics of Companion Animals)
University of Pisa, 2007.
MSc (Veterinary Research-Specialty of Internal Medicine and Surgery)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2008.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Clinical PathologyDescription of Research Expertise
Cytology and haematopathology;Cytology-histology correlation;
Cell pellet immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of mesothelioma;
Markers of sepsis in horses;
Clinical pathology changes in canine leishmaniosis
Selected Publications
Bersan, E., Maddox, T., Walmsley, G., Piviani, M., Burrow, R.: CT-guided drainage of a brainstem abscess in a cat as an emergency treatment procedure. JFMS Open Rep 6(1): 2055116919896111, 2020.Rich, A. F., Piviani, M., Swales, H., Finotello, R., Blundell, R.: Bilateral thyroid carcinosarcoma in a cat. Journal of Comparative Pathology 171: 24-29, 2019.
Alcoverro, E., Bersan, E., Sanchez-Masian, D., Piviani, M.: Eosinophilic cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis associated with neural Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a dog. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 48(1): 78-82, 2019.
Verin, R., Cian, F., Stewart, J., Binanti, D., MacNeill, A. L., Piviani, M., Monti, P., Baroni, G., Le Calvez, S., Scase, T. J., Finotello, R.: Canine clitoral carcinoma: A clinical, cytologic, histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study. Veterinary Pathology 55(4): 501-509, 2018.
Robinson, C. S., Singer, E. R., Piviani, M., Rubio-Martinez, L. M.: Are serum amyloid A or D-lactate useful to diagnose synovial contamination or sepsis in horses? Veterinary Record 181(16): 425, 2017.
Mesquita, L., Mortier, J., Ressel, L., Finotello, R., Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M.: Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 46(2): 337-343, 2017.
Piviani, M., Walton, R. M., Patel, R. T.: Significance of mastocytemia in cats. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 42(1): 4-10, 2013.
Piviani, M., Sanchez, M. D., Patel, R. T.: Cytologic features of clear cell adnexal carcinoma in 3 dogs. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41(3): 405-11, 2012.
Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M., Alberola, J., Rodriguez-Cortes, A., Planellas, M., Roura, X., O'Brien, P. J., Pastor, J.: Serum cardiac troponin I concentrations in dogs with leishmaniasis: correlation with age and clinicopathologic abnormalities. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41(4): 568-74, 2012.
Piviani, M., Segura, D., Monreal, L., Bach-Raich, E., Mesalles, M., Pastor, J.: Neutrophilic myeloperoxidase index and mean light absorbance in neonatal septic and nonseptic foals. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 40(3): 340-4, 2011.