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Anophthalmos

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Developmental defect —> absence of eyes

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Buphthalmos

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Enlargement/distension of fibrous coats of eye

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Coloboma

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Absence or defect of some ocular tissue, usually due to failure of fetal fissure closure

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Endopthalmitis

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Inflammation of ocular cavities and adjacent structures (uvea, retina)

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Exophthalmos

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Abnormal protrusion of eyeball

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Glaucoma

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Disease characterized by increase in intraocular pressure —> pathological changes in eye

A diverse group of pressure dependent neurodegenerative disorders that results in loss of normal function of retinal ganglion cells and axons in optic nerve —> loss of vision

Most consistently recognized feature is elevation in intraocular pressure

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Microphthalmos

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Congenitally small eye(s)

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Panopthalmitis

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Inflammation of structures or tissues of eye (including sclera)

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Phthisis bulbi

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Shrinking, wastage, hypotony of eyeball

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Blepharitis

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Inflammation of eyelids

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Chalazion

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Chronic granulomatous inflammation of eyelid gland (meibomian gland)

Lipogranulomatous inflammation

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Dacryoadenitis

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Inflammation of lacrimal glands

Causes: viral (MCF, FIP, canine distemper, SDAV), immune mediated (—> KCS)

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Distichiasis

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Presence of a double row of eyelashes on eyelid (at least one turned inward)

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Ectropion

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Eversion of edge or margin (i.e. eyelid)

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Entropion

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Inversion of edge or margin (e.g. eyelid)

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Hordeolum

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(Style)

Localized Purulent inflammation of one or more meibomian glands

External - cutaneous surface at edge of lid
Internal - conjunctival surface of lid

Suppurative adenitis

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Conjunctivitis

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Inflammation of conjunctiva

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Descemetocele

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Herniation of Descemet’s membrane (usually outward)

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Dermoid / choristoma

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Congenital lesion on cornea or bulbar conjunctival surface resembling skin

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Keratitis

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Inflammation of cornea

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Keratoconjunctivitis

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Inflammation of cornea and conjunctiva

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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

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Inflammation of cornea + conjunctiva with drying (usually decreased tear production)

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Pannus

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Superficial vascularization of cornea with infiltration of granulation tissue

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Aphakia

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Absence of lens

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Cataract

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Opacity of lens

Causes: congenital or acquired (intraocular disease, trauma, metabolic disease, age)

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Lenticonus

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Conical protrusion of substance of lens

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Microphakia

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Abnormally small lens

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Nuclear sclerosis

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Age related compression of lens fibers —> central lens opacity

Does not affect vision

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Chorioretinitis

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Inflammation of choroid / retina

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Choroiditis

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Inflammation of choroid

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Hypopyon

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Accumulation of neutrophils in anterior chamber

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Iritis

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Inflammation of iris

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Iridocyclitis

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Inflammation of iris and ciliary body

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Synechia

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Adhesion of parts (i.e. iris to other structures)

Anterior: iris to cornea
Posterior: iris to capsule of lens

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Uveitis

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Inflammation of uveal tract (iris, ciliary body, choroid)

Anterior: iris/ciliary body (usually anterior and posterior chambers)
Posterior: choroid (usually retina)
Panuveitis: usually all structures inside sclera (diffuse uveitis)

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Papilledema

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Hydropic swelling (edema) of optic disc

Causes: inc CSF pressure, inflammation, decreased intraocular pressure

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Retinitis

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Inflammation of retina (usually involves choroid)

May occur with neurotrophic viral infections (CSF, Teschen, scrapie, CDV)

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Scleral ectasia

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Bulging of sclera (often related to coloboma)

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Staphyloma

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Partial or full thickness defect in cornea or sclera lined by protruding uveal tissue

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Layers of the eye

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Outer fibrous tunica: cornea, sclera

Middle vascular tunic: iris, ciliary body, choroid

Inner neuro sensory tunic: retina

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Developmental origin of ocular tissues

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Neuroectoderm - photoreceptors, retinal epithelium, optic nerve

Ectoderm - corneal epithelium lacrimal apparatus, epithelial portion, lens

Mesenchyme - endothelium, stroma, iris, ciliary body

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Cyclopia

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Single median orbit containing a single globe (failure of division of optic primoridium)

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Synophthalmos

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Incomplete separation or early fusion in eye development - some duplication or pairing (more common than full cyclopia)

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Cystic eye and retinal nonattachment

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Result of persistence of optic vesicles cavity

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Choroidal hypoplasia

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Induction failure by defective retinal pigment epithelium

(Part of collie eye anomaly)

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Collie eye anomaly

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Choroidal hypoplasia + colobomas + retinal separation

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Iris hypoplasia

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Rare defect
Most often found in horses

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Persistent pupillary membrane

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Incomplete atrophy of mesenchyme during development - may block vision / lead to corneal or lens opacity
Cats!

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Anterior segment dysgenesis

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Anomalies of cornea, lens, anterior uvea

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Goniodysgenesis

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Maldevelopment of filtration angle
A primary cause of glaucoma

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Persistent hyaloid artery

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Developmental anomaly —> focal cataracts

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Trichiasis

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Abnormally directed cilia that contact cornea

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Causes of corneal irritation

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Entropion
Ectopic cilia
Trichiasis
Distichiasis
(Large or small palpebral opening)

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Retinal dysplasia

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Abnormal retinal differentiation characterized by retinal folds, rosettes, jumbling of retinal layers, loss of cells, glial proliferation

Most common in dogs and cattle - developmental failure, necrosis or dysplasia of developing retina by viruses (BVDV, blue tongue, CHV1, panleukopenia, FeLV)

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Optic nerve hypoplasia

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Most common anomaly of optic nerve

Inherited in mini poodles, material hypovitimainosis A in cattle, utero panleukopenia (kitten) or BVD (calves)

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Prolapse of gland of the 3rd eyelid

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Cherry eye, excision may contribute to KCS

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Malignant catarrhal fever

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Systemic disease in cattle (ruminants?) —> conjunctivitis/corneal edema

Viruses: gammaherpesviridiae, ovine herpesvirus-2 (most common in NA)

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Chemosis

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Edema and swelling of conjunctiva

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Infectious causes of conjunctivitis in cats

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Upper respiratory often associated with conjunctivitis

Herpesviruses, Mycoplasma felis/gatae, Chlamydia psittaci, calicivirus

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Conjunctivitis in horses

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Chronic —> lymphoid hyperplasia —> lymphoid follicles common in horses

Causes: Thelazia spp, Habronema spp, Onchocera

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Causes of corneal injury

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Chemical - caustics, medication, etc
Physical - temperature, penetration
Microbial - bacteria, virus, fungi
Immunologic - type III hypersensitivity
Glaucoma
Lysosomal storage disorders

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Corneal reaction to injury

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Edema
Erosion
Ulcer
Neovascularization
Fibrosis
Epithelial sliding/proliferation
Epithelial metaplasia/pigmentation
Keratitis

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Corneal deposits

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Pigment or lipid (congenital or acquired)

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Corneal dystrophy

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Endothelial or stroma distrophy

Breed-specific conditions

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Feline corneal sequestrum

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Orange brown discoloration of central cornea
Persian / Himalayan cats
necrosis of stroma cells —> sloughing —> healing by granulation tissue

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Spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects

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Boxer ulcer
Recurrent shallow central corneal erosion / ulcers, epithelial cells unable to anchor

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Mycotic keratitis

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Destructive, Suppurative, deep stroma inflammation due to fungal infection; most commonly Aspergillus in horses

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Infectious bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

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Bovine pinkeye - Moraxella bovis

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Classifications of uveitis

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Serous - protein rich fluid “aqueous flare”
Suppurative - usually bacterial
Granulomatous - fungal, algae, helminthes, mycobacteria, lens rupture, VKH
Lymphoplasmacytic - most common in cats

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Feline lymphoplasmacytic uveitis

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Unknown etiology
Possibly toxoplasma or bartonella

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Lens induced uveitis

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Phacolytic - lymphocytic uveitis associated with cataracts

Phacoclasic - 10-14 days after lens rupture

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Canine adenovirus 1

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Immune-mediated uveitis and corneal edema in dogs (convalescent phase or post vaccine - MLV)

Type III hypersensitivity

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Equine recurrent uveitis

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Hypersensitivity to exogenous agent (often cited as leptospira and dead onchocerca)

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Canine uveodermatologic syndrome

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Akitas
Autoimmune disease targeting melanin —> bilateral granulomatous uveitis

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Sequelae of uveitis

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Corneal opacities
Anterior/posterior synechia
Glaucoma
Retinal degeneration/seperation
Cataracts
Pre-iridium fibrovascular membranes —> intraocular hemorrhage
Phthisis bulbi

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Degenerative lesions of uvea

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Iris atrophy
Iridociliary cysts (labs, golden retrievers) - common

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Diabetic cataract

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90% of spontaneously diabetic dogs develop cataracts

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Positional changes of lens

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Ectopic lens
Subluxation/luxation
Configuration (congenital)

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Retinal separation

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Separation between photoreceptors and pigmented epithelium
Remains attached at ora ciliaris and optic disc

80
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Causes of retinal degeneration

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Inherited
Senile changes
Nutritional deficiencies
Toxic retinopathies
Misc (diabetes, hypertensive retinopathy, storage disease)
Idiopathic

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Optic neuritis

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Inflammation of optic nerve

Causes: spread of meningitis, meningoencephalitis; spread of endothalmitis, virus (FIP, canine distemper, GME), chronic (gliosis, astrocytosis, Axonal degeneration)

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Nodular granulomatous scleritis

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Nodular proliferative inflammation in sclera of dog

Acts like locally infiltrative neoplasm

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Orbital cellulitis

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Extension of inflammation from adjacent non-ocular tissues + foreign bodies

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Retrobulbar abscess

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Tooth root abscess —> orbit

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Orbital myositis

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Syndrome in dogs with autoantibodies to type 2M muscle fibers

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Prevalence of glaucoma

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Dogs&raquo_space;cats>horses>ruminants

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Primary glaucoma

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Goniodysgenesis
Primary open angel glaucoma

no other primary ocular disease

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Secondary glaucoma

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Secondary to:
Uveitis
Synechiae
Pre-iridium fibrovascular membrane
Lens luxation
Intraocular neoplasia
Intraocular hemorrhage

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Sequelae of glaucoma

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Buphthalmia
Scleral thinning
Corneal edema
Corneal striae (breaks in Descemet’s membrane)
Exposure keratitis
Lens luxation or subluxation
Cataract (malnutrition?)
Atrophy of iris/ciliary body
Retinal atrophy, separation
Optic disc cupping

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Eyelid / conjunctival neoplasms

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Squamous cell carcinoma
Meibomian gland neoplasms
Melanocytoma
Hemangioma / hemangiosarcoma

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Intraocular neosplasms

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Melanocytoma / malignant melanoma
Iridociliary adenoma / carcinoma
Feline post-traumatic sarcomas
Lymphoma
Metastatic neoplasia

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Orbital neoplasms

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Optic nerve meningioma
Sarcomas
Carcinomas

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Bovine > equine > feline > canine

Pathogenesis: UV light —> plaque —> papilloma —> carcinoma in situ —> carcinoma (invasive, may metastasize)

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Meibomian gland neoplasms

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Adenoma / epithelioma very common (70% lid tumors) in dogs
Carcinoma - rare

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Melanocytoma of eyelid/conjunctiva

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Common in dogs

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Intraocular Malignant melanoma/Melanocytoma

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Canine: 90% benign

Feline: diffuse iris melanoma > solitary masses, may obstruct filtration angle —> glaucoma; greater rise of metastatic

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Iridocilliary adenoma / carcinoma

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Most common primary intraocular tumor after melanomas

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Feline post-traumatic sarcomas

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Arise from metaplasia of lens epithelium follow injury with long latency period (months to years)

Aggressive locally infiltrative behavior - can extend along optic nerve to brain

Forms: fibrosarcoma, osteo/chondrosarcoma, B-cell lymphoma

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Solitary intraocular lymphoma vs metastatic lymphoma to eye

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Solitary better prognosis than metastatic

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Metastatic intraocular neoplasias

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Lymphoma
Histiocytic sarcoma
Pulmonary, mammary carcinoma

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