Anne Helene Marx, Claudia Busse, Georga Tiffany Karbe, Emma Scurrell, Adriano Wang‐Leandro
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Abstract
A 4‐year‐old, male, entire, mixed breed dog presented with right‐sided periorbital swelling and exophthalmos. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed severe enlargement of the right zygomatic gland, which resulted in anterior displacement of the right eye and protrusion of the zygomatic gland into the oral cavity. The enlarged gland showed an increased T2 signal intensity and was traversed by multiple septae, which partially suppressed after fat saturation. The gland was surgically removed using a lateral orbitotomy. Histopathology revealed a lipomatosis of the salivary gland. Zygomatic lipomatosis occurs rarely in dogs, and should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cases of unilateral gland enlargement with fat infiltration on magnetic resonance imaging. This case highlights the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging, including fat‐suppressed sequences, for the diagnosis of extracranial diseases.
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Vet Record Case Reports is an online resource that publishes articles in all fields of veterinary medicine and surgery so that veterinary professionals, researchers and others can easily find important information on both common and rare conditions. Articles may be about a single animal, herd, flock or other group of animals managed together. Common cases that present a diagnostic, ethical or management challenge, or that highlight aspects of mechanisms of injury, pharmacology or histopathology are deemed of particular educational value. All articles are peer reviewed and copy edited before publication.