Estudo retrospectivo dos aspectos clínico-patológicos e epidemiológicos de neoplasias oculares e anexiais de animais atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, no período de fevereiro de 2013 a maio de 2019

Abstract

Ocular neoplasms are important diseases within veterinary ophthalmology, especially with the increase in the life expectancy of companion animals. They are the second major reason for enucleation in dogs, second only to glaucoma, and are the most common cause of enucleation in cats. Clinical signs may be numerous, in addition to macroscopic lesion characterized by nodules or masses, other clinical signs of tumors in the ocular region may include epiphora, episcleral vessel injection, ocular secretion, third eyelid protrusion, exophthalmos, neovascularization and corneal pigmentation. The diagnosis is made by means of cytology and / or histopathology. A retrospective survey of animals diagnosed with ocular neoplasias was carried out between February 2013 and May 2019, in the Ophthalmology Sector of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba. Twenty clinical cases with conclusive diagnosis of ocular neoplasms were identified among the 952 medical records of animals treated with a history of ophthalmopathies in the sector. The diagnoses were based on cytological and / or histopathological analyzes performed at the Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology of the Federal University of Paraíba. Animal species diagnosed with ophthalmic tumors had the following prevalence: 15/20 (75%) were dogs, 2/20 (10%) were cats, 2/20 (10%) equines and 1/20 (5%) were bovine . The non - defined dogs (SRD) were the most affected (8/15), corresponding to 53.3% of the dogs, followed by the pitbull breeds (2/15 13.3%), poodle (2/15 - 13.3 %), Brazilian terrier (1/15 - 6.6%), shih tzu (1/15 - 6.6%) and cocker spaniel (1/15 - 6.6%). In cats, there was an SRD (50%) and a Siamese (50%). The most used definitive method of diagnosis was the histopathological examination and the surgical treatment was the most used.