Scleritis is a severe painful inflammatory and vision-threatening disease. The purpose of this paper is to describe two cases of scleritis in dogs treated with immunosuppressors and monitored by ocular ultrasound. In both cases the ocular wall presented marked thickening and the ultrasonic exams were repeated for weeks showing progressive improvement allowing adjusting the dosage of the medications. In conclusion, ocular ultrasound is a useful tool in the diagnosis and management of scleritis in dogs.Keywords: Scleritis. Ultrasound. Dogs. ResumoA esclerite é uma doença inflamatória extremamente dolorosa e pode afetar seriamente a visão. O presente trabalho descreve dois casos de esclerite em cães tratados com imunossupressores e monitorados pela ultrassonografia ocular. Em ambos os casos, a parede ocular apresentava acentuado espessamento e as avaliações ultrassonográficas foram repetidas por semanas, revelando melhoria progressiva e permitindo ajustes na dosagem das medicações. Em conclusão, a ultrassonografia ocular é um instrumento útil no diagnóstico e tratamento da esclerite em cães.Palavras-chave: Esclerite. Ultrassom. Cães.
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