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Abnormal ocular pigment deposition associated with glaucoma in the cairn terrier
Author(s) -
PetersenJones S. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1991.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - medicine , glaucoma , ophthalmology , optometry , deposition (geology) , paleontology , sediment , biology
A condition involving ocular pigment deposition was diagnosed in six cairn terriers. In each, there was pigment deposition in a number of ocular sites, including the episclera, and ventral anterior chamber and drainage angle. Four of the dogs (aged 10 years or older) had developed a chronic glaucoma, which was presumed to be secondary to pigment deposition in the drainage angle. The other two dogs (six‐year‐old litter mates) had not developed glaucoma but there were pigmented particles in the aqueous and abnormal pigment deposition within the episclera and drainage angle. They also had a raised circumferential band protruding from the periphery of the iris into the anterior chamber.