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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer of the equine eye.
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Specifications
| Breeds | |
|---|---|
| Gene | |
| Organ | |
| specimen | Hair, Blood EDTA, Blood Heparin, Semen, Tissue |
| Mode of Inheritance | |
| Chromosome | |
| Also known as | |
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General information
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer of the equine eye. This cancer mostly originates at the limbus, it has the potential to invade the cornea and cause visual impairment which can result in eye loss. Several breeds of horses have a high occurrence of limbal SCC implicating a genetic basis for limbal SCC predisposition.
Clinical features
Clinical signs include wart-like growth, sore developing in an old scar, dome-shaped growth, brown spot that looks like an age spot and tiny, rhinoceros-shaped horn growing from your skin.
Additional information
References
Pubmed ID: 28425625
Omia ID: 735
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