PAROTID SALIVARY-GLAND ADENOCARCINOMA WITH BILATERAL OCULAR AND OSSEOUS METASTASES IN A DOG

A case of primary parotid salivary gland adenocarcinoma is described i n a three-year-old entire female great dane. The presenting complaint was sudden onset blindness concomitant with the development of bilater al hyphaema and anterior uveitis. A soft-tissue swelling of the left s ubaural region and right forelimb lameness were also present. A defini tive diagnosis of primary parotid salivary gland adenocarcinoma with b ilateral ocular metastases was made on post mortem examination. Metast ases were also present in the right proximal humerus, left and right p rescapular lymph nodes, left axillary lymph node, left retropharyngeal lymph node, bronchial lymph nodes and all lung lobes.