Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Goldfish with swollen eye treated by surgery to remove tumor
By O'Hagan, Bradley J & Raidal, Shane R·Published in The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice·2006·Research and Development, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Surgical removal of retrobulbar hemangioma in a goldfish (Carassius auratus).
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Plain-English summary
A mature fantail goldfish had a swollen right eye for six weeks and was brought in for treatment. The veterinarian performed surgery to remove a tumor behind the eye, using anesthesia to make the procedure easier. After the surgery, the goldfish had some trouble swimming but improved quickly after receiving medication. The tumor was identified as a hemangioma, which is a type of blood vessel tumor. The goldfish recovered well after treatment.
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Abstract
The surgical removal of retrobulbar hemangioma is described in a mature fantail goldfish (Carassius auratus) with a 6-week history of a swollen right eye. The fish was anesthetized using alfaxalnone at a concentration in the water of 5 mg/L to facilitate fine-needle aspiration and surgical removal of the eye. The fish was treated with enrofloxacin 5 mg intraperitoneally and recovered with major buoyancy deficits that corrected 20 minutes after treatment with methadone at a dose of 0.4 mg intramuscularly. Histologic examination of the excised tissue demonstrated that the tumor was a compact hemangioma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16931398/