Suspected uveal metastasis of a nail bed melanoma in a dog

Vet Ophthalmol. 2007 Jul-Aug;10(4):262-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2007.00540.x.

Abstract

A 13-year-old Golden Retriever was referred for evaluation of generalized corneal edema, dyscoria, and suspected glaucoma affecting the right eye. The dog exhibited no signs of systemic illness, but had a history of a melanoma of the nail bed of the first digit of the right hind limb, excised 1 year previously. Ophthalmologic examination revealed diffuse corneal edema, mild anterior uveitis, glaucoma and a mass within the right iris. Enucleation was performed and histopathologic evaluation of the globe revealed the iris to be infiltrated with an anaplastic melanoma, suspected to represent a metastasis of the original nail bed tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs
  • Eye Enucleation / veterinary
  • Male
  • Melanoma / diagnosis
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / veterinary*
  • Nail Diseases / diagnosis
  • Nail Diseases / pathology
  • Nail Diseases / veterinary*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uveal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Uveal Neoplasms / veterinary*