Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Bilateral lens luxation and intracapsular lens extractions in a Matshchie's tree kangaroo.
- Journal:
- Veterinary ophthalmology
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- McLean, Nancy Johnstone & Zimmerman, Ralph
- Affiliation:
- VCA Veterinary Care Animal Hospital and Referral Center · United States
Abstract
An adult, female, captive, Matshchie's tree kangaroo was diagnosed with an anterior lens luxation in the right eye and a lens subluxation in the left eye. Both eyes were treated surgically with intracapsular lens extractions. A 360° rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was diagnosed 6 months postoperatively in the left eye. Aphakic vision was maintained in the right eye 9 months postoperatively. Based on family history and the lack of antecedent ocular disease, the lens luxations were presumed to be inherited and veterinarians should be aware of this condition within the captive tree kangaroo population.
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