Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with painful cloudy eye diagnosed with widespread histiocytic
By Rajh, Stacy et al.·Published in Veterinary Sciences·2018·The School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: A Case Report of Disseminated Canine Histiocytic Sarcoma in Trinidad and Tobago
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old female Rottweiler was brought to the vet with a swollen left eye and pain. The vet found a cloudy cornea and discharge, and after examining her eye, they discovered a tumor inside. They performed surgery to remove the eye, but sadly, the dog passed away shortly after. A post-mortem exam confirmed that the tumor was a type of cancer called histiocytic sarcoma, which had spread to other parts of her body. This case is notable as it is the first reported instance of this cancer in dogs in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Abstract
Ocular histiocytic sarcomas (as a presenting part of disseminated histiocytic sarcoma) are not commonly diagnosed. A 10-year-old female intact Rottweiler presented to the School of Veterinary Medicine, Trinidad with buphthalmia and pain in the left eye. The cornea of the left eye appeared diffusely opaque with a conjunctival mucopurulent ocular discharge. A thorough ophthalmic assessment identified an intraocular proliferative tumor to which a unilateral enucleation was performed, however the animal died soon after. Post mortem examination and light microscopy revealed that the intraocular lesion with visceral macro-metastases was in fact a histiocytic sarcoma. Further to this, immune-phenotyping was performed to confirm the diagnosis of disseminated histiocytic sarcoma. This is the first time such a tumor has been diagnosed in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5010009