Malignant ocular melanoma in a dog.
A mongrel male dog of three years old was referred to the Seoul National University Veterinary Teaching Hospital following a one month history of glaucoma. On ophthalmic examination, hyphema, glaucoma, uveitis, iridal mass, and loss of vision were noted in the right eye. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a mass with involvement of the entire uvea. Radiographic evaluation did not reveal any evidence of distant metastasis. The right eye was surgically removed because of the high likelihood of neoplasia. A histologic diagnosis of malignant uveal melanoma was made.
Yi
Na-young
NY
College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
Park
Shin-ae
SA
Park
Soo-won
SW
Jeong
Man-bok
MB
Kang
Min-soo
MS
Jung
Joo-hyun
JH
Choi
Min-cheol
MC
Kim
Dae-yong
DY
Nam
Tchi-chou
TC
Seo
Kang-moon
KM
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000662:veterinary; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*