title: Retrobulbar chondrosarcoma in a dog.
abstract: This paper presents a review of a dog, with a retrobulbar chondrosarcoma, which was admitted for surgery for visible changes in his eye during inspection. Orbital neoplasia in dogs may be primary and secondary. Sixty percent of orbital neoplasia in dogs are primary, ninety percent of which are malignant. Retrobulbar neoplasms are rare and in their early stage represent a diagnostic challenge. Chondrosarcoma of the skull is a slow-progressing malignant disease which occurs locally, aggressive with invasion into the surrounding tissues. Dogs with chondrosarcoma of the skull have life expectancy between 210 and 580 days - in our case it was 180 days - after the first alterations on the eye of the dog occurred.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary surgeon, Kumanovo, 1300, Republic of Macedonia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ralić
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vasić
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathomorphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.affiliation: Veterinary surgeon, Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cameron
keywords: Chondrosarcoma; Computed tomography; Exophthalmos