Unilateral mixed adenoma of the third eyelid lacrimal gland in a boxer dog

Abstract

Abstract A female boxer dog was presented with a mass expanding the left third eyelid. Histopathology revealed a mass composed of pleomorphic cells arranged in tubuloacinar structures, a fibrovascular myxoid stroma, and intermixed trabeculae of woven bone. The mass was diagnosed as a mixed adenoma of the third eyelid lacrimal gland.

Keywords

• adenoma
• dog
• gland
• lacrimal
• mixed
• nictitans