Corneal papilloma associated with papillomavirus in a one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).
A 15-year-old male dromedary camel with a history of chronic severe keratoconjunctivitis and corneal mass in the left eye of 6 months' duration was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Adnan Menderes University. A superficial keratectomy was performed and biopsy material submitted for histopathology. The diagnosis was corneal papilloma. There has been no recurrence of the neoplasm to date (6 months, 1 year). Corneal papilloma has not been reported previously in camels and seems to be associated with papillomavirus.
Kiliç
Nuh
N
Department of Veterinary Surgery, Adnan Menderes University, Batı Kampüsü, Aydin, Turkey. nuh_kilic44@hotmail.com
Toplu
Nihat
N
Aydoğan
Ahmet
A
Yaygingül
Rahime
R
Ozsoy
Sule Yurdagül
SY
D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology