Sialadenitis associated with periorbital disease in a dog.

Abstract

Submucosal sialadenitis was diagnosed on histologic examination of a biopsy specimen from a palatine swelling associated with acute, unilateral periorbital disease in a dog. Sialadenitis may have been the cause of periorbital disease or may have been part of a generalized inflammatory condition affecting the periorbital tissues. Corticosteroids were immediately effective in eliminating signs of periorbital disease and sialadenitis. A 3-month corticosteroid treatment was used because the sialadenitis and periorbital disease were immune-mediated. This dog has been free of recurring signs for more than 3 years.

• Authors: W G Simison
• Journal: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (J Am Vet Med Assoc) Vol. 202 Issue 12 Pg. 1983-5 (Jun 15 1993) ISSN: 0003-1488 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8360092 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Penicillins
• Dexamethasone
• Prednisolone

Topics

• Animals
• Autoimmune Diseases (complications, drug therapy, veterinary)
• Biopsy, Needle (veterinary)
• Dexamethasone (therapeutic use)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Dog Diseases (drug therapy, etiology)
• Dogs
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Female
• Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases (etiology, veterinary)
• Orbital Diseases (etiology, veterinary)
• Penicillins (therapeutic use)
• Prednisolone (therapeutic use)
• Sialadenitis (complications, drug therapy, veterinary)