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Vet Pathol 44:222-224 (2007)
© 2007 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
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Osseous Metaplasia in the Eye of a Dog

G. L. Lynch and R. H. Scagliotti

Eye Care For Animals at the City of Angels Veterinary Specialty Center, Culver City, CA (GL); and Eye Care for Animals, Tustin, CA (RS)

Abstract

Incisional iris biopsy was performed for diagnosis of an unusual opaque white mass protruding from the right ventrolateral iris of a 10-year-old neutered male Great Dane dog. Histopathology revealed a diagnosis of bone formation within otherwise normal iris tissue. No underlying etiology was identified. Osseous metaplasia or heterotopic bone formation may be an additional differential diagnosis for a nonneoplastic mass in the eye of a dog.

Key words: Dogs; eye; heterotopic bone; osseous metaplasia.

Request reprints from Gwendolyn Lynch, DVM, Eye Care For Animals, City of Angels Veterinary Specialty Center, 9599 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 (USA). E-mail: gwendvm{at}yahoo.com






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