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Distichiasis in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo).
- Source :
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Veterinary ophthalmology [Vet Ophthalmol] 2014 Jul; Vol. 17 (4), pp. 290-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Oct 14. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- A 4-year-old intact male ferret was presented to the Ophthalmology Service of the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals of Utrecht University with chronic blepharospasm, epiphora, and conjunctivitis of the right eye. Examination of the eye revealed mild conjunctivitis and three hairs protruding from the openings of meibomian glands in the upper eyelid, providing the clinical diagnosis of distichiasis. The distichia were removed by transconjunctival unipolar electrocautery. Recovery was uneventful, but the original signs recurred 10 weeks after surgery. Ophthalmic examination revealed another distichia at a different location in the same eyelid and it was removed by full-thickness wedge excision. Histopathological examination failed to reveal the exact origin of the distichia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of distichiasis in a ferret.<br /> (© 2013 American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1463-5224
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24118780
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.12107