title: Periorbital adenocarcinoma in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps).
abstract: A 4.5-year-old female bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) presented for periorbital swelling affecting the left eye. A well-organized, hypoechoic mass was noted ventral and medial to the globe on ocular ultrasound. The mass continued to grow despite antibiotic therapy, and an exenteration was performed. The mass was diagnosed via histopathology and immunohistochemical staining as a probable lacrimal gland carcinoma, although a Harderian gland origin could not definitively be ruled out. The tumor recurred following removal, and the lizard died 2 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: VCA Veterinary Care Animal Hospital and Referral Center, 9901 Montgomery Blvd., Albuquerque, NM 87111, USA.
authors.forename: Brett G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Darrow
authors.forename: Nancy S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Johnstone McLean
authors.forename: Shirley E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Russman
authors.forename: Chris A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schiller
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology*; D008116:Lizards
keywords: Pogona vitticeps; adenocarcinoma; bearded dragon; lizard; neoplasia; orbital