Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with eye bulge and redness after tennis ball injury
By Margetts, Adam C et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2023·Davies Veterinary Specialists, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Retrobulbar respiratory epithelial orbital cyst in a dog: A case report.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-month-old female French Bulldog was brought to the vet because of a bulging right eye and recurring eye irritation after being hit in the eye by a tennis ball five months earlier. The vet found a fluid-filled cyst behind the eye that was pushing on the optic nerve. After draining the cyst and confirming it was inflamed, the vet performed surgery to remove it completely. Seven months later, the dog had not experienced any recurrence of the cyst and was doing well.
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Abstract
A 10-month-old female, neutered French Bulldog presented with a history of unilateral right-sided intermittent conjunctivitis and exophthalmos. The patient suffered blunt force trauma to the right eye after a tennis ball impact approximately five months prior to presentation. Examination identified the patient was visual with exophthalmos, lateral strabismus, conjunctival hyperaemia, episcleral congestion, and papilloedema. Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography identified an approximately two centimeter diameter fluid-filled structure directly posterior to the globe leading to displacement of the optic nerve and distortion of the posterior globe wall. Centesis of the lesion demonstrated neutrophilic and macrophagic inflammation with evidence of prior hemorrhage. Within four weeks, the structure had re-filled to its original size and was subsequently excised in its entirety, via a lateral orbitotomy. Histopathologic findings indicated a non-keratinising orbital cyst, the lining of which was consistent with a respiratory epithelial cyst. Recurrence had not occurred seven months' post-surgery. To the author's knowledge, previous reports of retrobulbar respiratory epithelial cysts have not been documented in animals.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35876762/