title: Photocoagulation of limbal melanoma in dogs and cats: 15 cases (1989-1993).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate immediate clinical effects and long-term results of neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatment of limbal melanoma in dogs and cats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  13 dogs and 2 cats.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the time of treatment, 9 tumors were progressively enlarging and 4 were static. Recent growth characteristics of 2 tumors were not reported. Total energy applied ranged from 7.5 to 572 J. In all eyes, pigmented tissue shrank after treatment; however, 3 tumors recurred, 1 at 3 months and 2 at 1 year after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Photocoagulation may be an effective means of treating limbal melanoma in dogs and cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animals and Special Species Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nasisse
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Glover
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000662:veterinary*; D016850:Limbus Corneae; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies