Blepharoconjunctivitis in Turkeys

[Blepharoconjunctivitis due to phenylephrine].

Phenylephrine is an a-adrenergic receptor agonist used in topical preparations such as eye drops, ear drops, and skin creams. We present the case of a 60-year-old man who had suffered acute myocardial infarction and a cerebrovascular accident in 1980. In April 2009 he attended the Ophthalmology Emergency Department of our hospital with a bilateral mucopurulent conjunctival secretion that had de...

Phthiriasis palpebrarum: an unusual blepharoconjunctivitis.

Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an unusual cause of blepharoconjunctivitis and may easily be overlooked because of the failure of physicians to recognize Phthirus pubis. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman with persistent itching in the left eyelid which was unsuccessfully treated under the diagnosis of allergic blepharoconjunctivitis. Careful ophthalmic examination revealed seven bugs with mult...

A rare cause of blepharoconjunctivitis: Phthiriasis palpebrarum.

Conjunctival Sebaceous Carcinoma Masquerading As Chronic Blepharoconjunctivitis

The masquerade syndrome was first described by Theodore (1), and Irvine (2) independently in 1967, as chronic blepharoconjunctivitis due to an underlying conjunctival carcinoma. Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia and sebaceous cell carcinoma have been reported to show intraepithelial (pagetoid) spread to the conjunctiva mimicking chronic blepharoconjunctivitis, or cicatrizing conjunctivitis...

Halothane anaesthesia in turkeys.

An anaesthetic technique employing halothane in oxygen for use in adult turkeys is described. The mixture was administered using a Magill attachment and a Hall cat mask. Induction was rapid and excitement-free. Anaesthesia was maintained for varying periods of time up to a maYimnm of 80 minutes. Recovery was rapid. In a total of twenty-five turkeys no deaths occurred which were attributable to ...