title: Primary orbital melanoma without ocular involvement in a Balinese cat.
abstract: A 6.5-year-old spayed female Balinese cat was diagnosed with a large and locally invasive primary orbital melanoma, without ocular involvement or detectable metastatic disease. Advanced imaging and immunohistochemical studies helped in obtaining the diagnosis. Because of advanced unresectable disease and ensuing poor quality of life, the cat was euthanized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Illinois, 1008 West Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61802-4714, USA. delorimi@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Louis-Philippe
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: de Lorimier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary