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Metastatic uveal schwannoma of blue‐eyed dogs
Author(s) -
Duke Felicia D.,
Brudenall Denise K.,
Scott Erin M.,
Teixeira Leandro B. C.,
Dubielzig Richard R.
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1111/vop.12022
Subject(s) - beagle , schwannoma , medicine , pathology , metastasis , neoplasm , labrador retriever , ophthalmology , cancer
Abstract A formalin‐fixed left, blue eye, from a 9‐year‐old, spayed female beagle dog was submitted to the C omparative O cular P athology L aboratory of W isconsin ( 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 J une 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.