Unilateral exophthalmia in a European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) caused by a lacrimal ductal carcinoma.
A 5-year-old European hedgehog was examined because of exophthalmos of the left eye. A retrobulbar mass in the ventromedial orbit was suspected and confirmed by a computed tomography scan. Exophthalmos progressed despite systemic broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. The left orbit was exenterated and the mass was partially removed. The histopathologic diagnosis was lacrimal ductal carcinoma. Lacrimal ductal carcinoma is rare in humans and animals. The long-term prognosis is guarded to poor.
Kuonen
Vanessa J
VJ
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 601 Vernon L. Tharp Street, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. kuonen.l@osu.edu
Wilkie
David A
DA
Morreale
Raymond J
RJ
Oglesbee
Barbara
B
Barrett-Rephun
Kelly
K
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006364:Hedgehogs; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary