title: Osseous metaplasia in the eye of a dog.
abstract: Incisional iris biopsy was performed for diagnosis of an unusual opaque white mass protruding from the right ventrolateral iris of a 10-year-old neutered male Great Dane dog. Histopathology revealed a diagnosis of bone formation within otherwise normal iris tissue. No underlying etiology was identified. Osseous metaplasia or heterotopic bone formation may be an additional differential diagnosis for a nonneoplastic mass in the eye of a dog.
authors.affiliation: Eye Care For Animals, City of Angles Veterinary Specialty Center, Culver City, CA 90232, USA. gwendvm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Scagliotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*