Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with bulging eye from a wooden stick removed near jaw
By O'Reilly, A et al.·Published in Australian veterinary journal·2002·Animal Eye Care·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Exophthalmos due to a wooden foreign body in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old Golden Retriever was brought in because one of its eyes was bulging out for the past 10 months. X-rays and a CT scan revealed a stick lodged near the dog's jaw. The stick was surgically removed, and the dog recovered well with antibiotics, but it did have some lingering facial nerve paralysis as a result.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old Golden Retriever dog was presented with a 10-month history of right-sided exophthalmos. Radiographs and CT demonstrated a linear density, suggestive of a foreign body, in the region of the ramus of the right mandible. A 7 cm stick, located medial to the right zygomatic arch, was removed during exploratory surgery. The dog recovered with the aid of antibiotics, however was left with a residual facial nerve paralysis.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12074304/