Diagnostic Case 3

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SIGNALMENT: 10-year-old female Domestic Shorthair cat

HISTORY: This animal was presented to an area ophthalmologist with multiple, slowly enlarging dark foci on the anterior face of the iris (OS).   Enucleation was performed.

GROSS FINDINGS: The dark foci on the iris varied in size from pin-point to a few millimeters in diameter.  A few of them appeared raised.

Fig 1. Low power photomicrograph of a section through one of the iridial foci.

Fig 2. High power photomicrograph of one of the smaller foci in the iris

Fig 3. High power photomicrograph one of the larger iridial foci

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