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Retrobulbar tumors in dogs and cats: 25 cases
Author(s) -
AttaliSoussay Katia,
Jegou JeanPierre,
Clerc Bernard
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1463-5224
pISSN - 1463-5216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2001.00123.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cats , exophthalmos , breed , nictitating membrane , fundus (uterus) , cryosurgery , eyelid , histology , radiology , surgery , pathology , statistics , genetics , classical conditioning , mathematics , conditioning , biology
Twenty‐five cases of retrobulbar tumors are presented and discussed. Affected animals were dogs and cats (average 10.7 years). No breed or sex predisposition was noted. The most common clinical signs were exophthalmos (84%), conjunctival hyperemia (40%), protrusion of the nictitating membrane (28%), exposure keratitis (20%) and fundus abnormalities (20%). Diagnostic tools included fine needle aspiration, radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography and histology. Surgical treatment by orbitotomy or exenteration was combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in some cases. The prognosis was poor with low survival times: 1 month in cats, and 10 months in dogs, with a high rate of euthanasia (35%) at the time of diagnosis.