Extraocular neoplasm characterization in dogs and cats
This study used a retrospective analysis of necropsy records from dogs and cats who had documented cases of metastatic/multi-centric neoplasms with an extra-ocular origin that affected the eyes.
Related: Get our guide to corneal disease
From January 2015 to January 2019, a total of 233 dogs and 100 cats with metastatic disease were identified. Lymphoma was shown to be the most common multicentric neoplasm involving the eyes of both species. Dogs presented most commonly with neoplasms bilaterally in the anterior uvea, where as cats predominately had feline leukemia virus (FeLV)-associated lymphoma.
Currently, this study seems to be the first to identify intraocular metastatic cholangiocarcinoma and chemodectoma in dogs and identifying salivary gland carcinoma in cats.
Read the full article by clicking on the link below:
