Primary intranasal melanoma with brain invasion in a dog.

Can Vet J

Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Lemetayer); Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Al-Dissi, Tryon, MacDonald-Dickinson).

Published: April 2017

AI Article Synopsis

  • A 6-year-old male boxer dog was found to have severe nasal discharge and sudden blindness.
  • MRI and necropsy confirmed the dog had primary nasal malignant melanoma that spread to the brain, along with a condition called ocular melanosis.
  • Fortunately, there were no signs of cancer spreading to other organs.

Article Abstract

A 6-year-old castrated male boxer dog with right-sided dark purulent nasal discharge and acute bilateral blindness was diagnosed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and then on necropsy with primary nasal malignant melanoma that extended into the brain, as well as concurrent ocular melanosis. There was no evidence of metastasis in other organs.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5347331PMC

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