Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with red painful eye diagnosed with eye tumor myelolipoma
By Storms, Goedele & Janssens, Gerlinde·Published in Veterinary Ophthalmology·2013·Veterinary Practice ‘Kleidal’ Kleidaallaan 74 2620 Hemiksem Belgium·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: Intraocular myelolipoma in a dog
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old Scottish terrier was brought in with a red and painful right eye. After tests, the vet found a large mass in the front part of the eye. The dog underwent surgery to remove the eye a week later, and the mass was identified as a rare type of tumor made up of fat and blood-forming cells. This case is notable because it’s the first reported instance of this type of tumor in a dog's eye.
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Abstract
AbstractAn 8‐year‐old Scottish terrier was presented with a red and painful right eye. Slitlamp biomicroscopy and ocular ultrasound demonstrated the presence of a large mass in the anterior chamber. Enucleation was performed one week after initial presentation. Histological examination of the eye revealed a relatively well‐delineated mass distorting the dorsal iris and occupying most of the anterior chamber. The tumor was composed of fully differentiated adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells of the three major blood‐forming elements. These findings were most consistent with the diagnosis of an anterior chamber myelolipoma distorting the iris. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of an intraocular myelolipoma in any species.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.12059