Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with painful swollen eyelid from grass awn removed by surgery
By Marchegiani, Andrea et al.·Published in Journal of ultrasound·2017·Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Penetrating palpebral grass awn in a dog: Unusual case of a penetrating grass awn in an eyelid.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-month-old mixed breed dog was brought to the vet with a swollen left eye, pain, and a lack of appetite that had lasted for a month. The vet found a grass awn (a type of sharp grass seed) embedded in the dog's eyelid, causing an infection. After surgically removing the grass awn, the dog showed significant improvement within three days and fully recovered in a week. This case highlights a rare occurrence of a grass awn causing eye problems in dogs.
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Abstract
An unusual case of a penetrating grass awn in an eyelid of a dog is reported. A 6-month-old mixed breed dog was referred to the Ophthalmology Unit of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Camerino University for anorexia, lethargy, left monolateral ocular swelling and pain to the left eye, present from 1 month. Ophthalmic examination of the left eye showed copious and purulent discharge, and ultrasonography revealed the presence of an abscess containing a grass foreign body. The grass awn was surgically removed. Three days after surgery, the dog showed a marked improvement, with a total resolution obtained in 7 days. To the authors' knowledge, penetrating foreign bodies such as the one of this paper have never been described before in literature.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28298948/