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- Title
Bilateral nasolacrimal duct atresia in a cria.
- Authors
Mangan, Brendan G.; Gionfriddo, Juliet R.; Powell, Cynthia C.
- Abstract
A 2-month-old, male alpaca had a 1-month history of mucoid ocular discharge from the left eye. Signalment, history and clinical findings were suggestive of a congenital nasolacrimal outflow obstruction. A dacryocystorhinogram confirmed bilateral nasolacrimal duct atresia, which involved the distal half of both nasolacrimal ducts. In order to establish alternative outflow, a conjunctivomaxillosinusotomy and conjunctivorhinostomy were performed on the right and left eye, respectively. The surgical openings remain patent after 11 months, and there have been no clinical signs of nasolacrimal disease.
- Subjects
MUCOIDS; ALPACA; ADNEXA oculi; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1463-5224.2007.00595.x