Primary entropion in persian cats
| Autor: | Aline Adriana Bolzan, Felipe Antônio Mendes Vicenti, Ivia Carmen Talieri, Adriana Torrecilhas Jorge, José Luiz Laus |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Persian cat
medicine.medical_specialty Photophobia biology.animal_breed Blepharospasm Cornea medicine Spastic integumentary system General Veterinary biology business.industry cats medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery body regions Entropion medicine.anatomical_structure eyelids entropion Etiology Animal Science and Zoology sense organs Eyelid medicine.symptom business Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Ciência Rural v.29 n.4 1999 Ciência Rural Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) instacron:UFSM |
| ISSN: | 0103-8478 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0103-84781999000400029 |
| Popis: | Entropion is defined as the inward rolling of the eyelid margin in which the eyelashes and eyelid hair (frequently the lower lateral lid) rub the cornea. Etiologies may be congenital, spastic, or cicatricial. This condition usually causes epiphora, blepharospasm, photophobia, conjunctivitis, purulent discharge, corneal vascularization, pigmentation and ulceration, if not surgically treated. Congenital entropion commonly affects dogs and is frequently hereditary in some breeds, whereas cats are uncommonly affected. A predilection for the Persian breed to present primary entropion has been suggested. The authors report two cases of entropion in Persian cats referred to the Ophthalmology Section of Veterinary College of São Paulo State University - UNESP, Jaboticabal - SP / Brazil. First case: a male Persian cat, 2 years old, with a history of bilateral ocular irritation and purulent discharge for 8 months. Ophthalmic examination revealed epiphora, blepharospasm, photophobia, bilateral entropion affecting the whole length of the lower eyelids, conjunctivitis and purulent discharge. Second case: a male Persian cat, 1 year old, with a history of bilateral ocular irritation and purulent discharge for 3 weeks. At ophthalmic examination the animal was presenting epiphora, blepharospasm, photophobia, bilateral entropion affecting the whole length of the lower lids, conjunctivitis, purulent discharge, corneal vascularization, superficial ulceration and edema. The entropion persisted after topical anaestesia in both cats. Surgical treatment was similar in both cases, based on the modified Holtz-Celsus procedure. Grid keratotomy procedure was also performed in the second case. Both cats had a satisfactory clinic evolution which was confirmed few days after surgery. |
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