Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with eye swelling and foreign body under the eye surface
By Welihozkiy, Anja et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2011·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Scleral and suprachoroidal foreign body in a dog--a case report.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old male Springer Spaniel was brought to the vet with a 3-week history of swelling around his right eye, bulging of the eye, and changes in the eye's appearance. After examining the eye and performing imaging tests, the vet discovered a foreign body, likely plant material, embedded in the eye. Due to the severity of the situation, the vet decided to remove the eye (enucleation). A follow-up examination showed severe inflammation around the foreign body, confirming the diagnosis. The dog was treated successfully and is expected to recover well.
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Abstract
A 2-year-old male castrated Springer Spaniel with a 3-week history of waxing and waning right sided exophthalmos, periorbital swelling, chemosis, and fundic changes was examined. Ophthalmic examination of the right eye revealed slight chemosis and nictitating membrane protrusion. Indirect ophthalmoscopy showed an approximately 8 mm peripapillary hyporeflective tapetal lesion with subretinal edema consistent with a bulbar/retrobulbar disease process. Inflammatory or neoplastic diseases were the main differential diagnoses. Ancillary diagnostics (ocular ultrasound and computed tomography) showed a focal, poorly defined dense tissue involving the caudomedial aspect of the right globe, adjacent to the optic nerve head without apparent orbital involvement. Considering the duration, location, and severity of the clinical findings, enucleation of the right globe was performed. Histopathology revealed focal thickening of the posterior wall with severe pyogranulomatous inflammation, surrounding a foreign body most consistent with plant material embedded between the sclera and the choroid (suprachoroidal). This report describes a rare case of a scleral/suprachoroidal foreign body (plant material), and outlines the difficulty of establishing an etiological diagnosis using standard ocular imaging.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21929614/