Malignant teratoid medulloepithelioma in a horse.
Enlargement of the left eye, corneal opacification, and blindness were clinical signs of a teratoid medulloepithelioma in a 5-year-old Standardbred mare. Diagnosis was made on histologic examination of the enucleated eye. Medulloepitheliomas are congenital intraocular tumors arising from primitive ciliary body epithelium. Their development is rare in domestic animals.
D000818:Animals; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D018241:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*