Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Blindness and swollen salivary glands in a Rottweiler dog
By McGill, S et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2009·School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Australia·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Concurrent sialocoele and necrotising sialadenitis in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old male Rottweiler was brought to the vet after experiencing blindness, swelling around the eyes, mouth pain, and excessive drooling for 24 hours. The vet found that the dog's salivary glands were enlarged and diagnosed him with necrotising sialadenitis (a serious inflammation of the salivary glands) and sialocoeles (fluid-filled sacs). Treatment included supportive care, corticosteroids, and draining the fluid from the sacs, which successfully resolved the swelling and other symptoms.
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Abstract
A seven-year-old male, entire rottweiler was presented to Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital with a 24 hour history of blindness, chemosis, exophthalmus, pain on opening the mouth and hypersialism. Bilateral mandibular and zygomatic salivary gland enlargement with concurrent bilateral zygomatic salivary gland sialocoeles were identified. The cause of the mandibular salivary gland enlargement was confirmed as necrotising sialadenitis, while the cause of the zygomatic gland enlargement was presumed to be because of a similar disease process. No underlying aetiology was identified. Treatment consisted of supportive management, corticosteroids and paracentesis of the sialocoeles and resulted in resolution of the salivary gland enlargement and the associated clinical signs. This is an unusual presentation of salivary gland disease in the dog with multiple gland involvement and a spectrum of disease processes occurring at the same time.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19261087/