Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Red-eared slider turtle with eye swelling from lacrimal cyst surgery
By Allgoewer, Ingrid et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2002·Animal Eye Practice, Germany·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Dacryops in a red-eared slider (Chrysemys scripta elegans): case report.
Plain-English summary
A 23-year-old female red-eared slider was brought in with a swollen eye that was bulging out (exophthalmus), along with other signs like difficulty closing her eyelid and reduced eye movement. The veterinarian diagnosed her with a cyst in the eye area after performing imaging and examining the tissue. After surgically removing the cyst, the turtle was still able to see, but her eye was sunken in (enophthalmic). The tissue analysis revealed inflammation of the tear gland (dacryoadenitis).
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Abstract
Clinical and histologic findings of an orbital lacrimal cyst (dacryops) in a 23-year-old-female red-eared slider (Chrysemys scripta elegans) are described. Main ophthalmologic findings included unilateral exophthalmus, engorged episcleral vessels, periocular swelling superior to the globe, incomplete lid closure, and reduced ocular motility. Based on sonographic and cytologic examination of the tissue, the preliminary diagnosis of an orbital cyst was established. After surgical resection of the cystic structure, the eye remained visual but enophthalmic. Histopathologic diagnosis of the resected tissue was interstitial dacryoadenitis.
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