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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer of the equine eye.

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specimen

Hair, Blood EDTA, Blood Heparin, Semen, Tissue

Mode of Inheritance

Chromosome

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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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