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. 2009 Jun 5:374–418. doi: 10.1016/B978-072160561-6.50021-6

Table 18-15.

Systemic Causes of Endophthalmitis/Panuveitis in the Dog and Cat

CAUSES DOG CAT
Infectious diseases

  • Canine herpesvirus (puppies only)

  • Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis)

  • Nonspecific systemic bacterial infections

  • Brucellosis (Brucella canis, Brucella spp.)

  • Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis)

  • Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum)

  • Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides immitis)

  • Opportunistic deep mycoses (e.g., aspergillosis)

  • Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma vivax)

  • Protothecosis (Prototheca zopfii, Prototheca wickerhamii)

  • Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)

  • Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV)

  • Feline leukemia virus (FeLV)

  • Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus neoformans)

  • Blastomycosis (B. dermatitidis)

  • Histoplasmosis (H. capsulatum)

  • Coccidioidomycosis (C. immitis)

  • Candidiasis (Candida albicans)

Parasitic diseases —

  • Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)

  • Ophthalmomyiasis interna
Neoplastic diseases

  • Lymphoma

  • Ocular metastases of distant tumors

  • Lymphoma

  • Ocular metastases of distant tumors
Other systemic causes Uveodermatologic syndrome Periarteritis nodosa