Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Metastatic eye tumor in blue-eyed dogs explained
By Duke, Felicia D et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2013·School of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Metastatic uveal schwannoma of blue-eyed dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A 9-year-old spayed female beagle had an abnormal-looking left blue eye and glaucoma for six months before a mass developed in her eye. After examination, the mass was identified as a type of tumor known as a uveal schwannoma, which is specific to blue-eyed dogs. Unfortunately, the dog's health declined, and she was euthanized. This case is significant because it is the first known instance of this type of eye tumor spreading to other parts of the body.
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Abstract
A formalin-fixed left, blue eye, from a 9-year-old, spayed female beagle dog was submitted to the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW) for light microscopic evaluation. The history included glaucoma and an abnormal appearance for 6 months and then the development of a uveal mass. The histologic diagnosis was a spindle cell tumor of blue-eyed dogs (SCTBED). In June of 2012, the dog was euthanized due to ailing health, and there was radiographic and postmortem examination evidence of neoplastic metastasis. This is the first reported case of this primary ocular neoplasm metastasizing, and we propose to rename SCTBED as a uveal schwannoma of blue-eyed dogs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23281783/