Surgical Outcome and Histopathological Findings of Feline Corneal Sequestrum

Eruption sequestrum--case report and histopathological findings.

Eruption sequestrum is an uncommon disturbance in eruption and consists of small fragments of calcified tissue overlying the crowns of erupting permanent molar teeth, especially at the time of eruption of the mandibular first molars. This paper reports a case of unilateral eruption sequestrum in a 7-year-old Brazilian boy and describes its histopathological findings. A white small fragment, 0.5...

Lamellar keratoplasty for the treatment of feline corneal sequestrum.

A lamellar keratoplasty was used to treat corneal sequestrum in four Persian cats (six eyes). Following a superficial keratectomy, lamellar corneal allografts (feline corneal tissue) or heterografts (canine corneal tissue) which had been preserved at -20 degrees C were placed in the recipient cornea. All grafts became optically transparent within 2 months following surgery and no recurrences of...

Renal Adenocarcinoma in a Sheep: Surgical and Histopathological Findings

Case Description- On 23 July 2007, a four-years-old ewe, was referred to Veterinary Clinic of Tabriz Islamic Azad University. The clinical  examination revealed lethargy, weight loss and hematuria in clinical examination. Left kidney in external palpation was painful, enlarged and abnormal. Treatment and Outcome- Laparotomy was done for exploratory diagnosis. In laparotomy the left kidney ...

Ultrastructural findings in feline corneal sequestra.

OBJECTIVES (1) To describe the ultrastructural features of corneal sequestra in cats; and (2) to enhance our understanding regarding the pathogenesis of feline corneal sequestration. METHODS Nine corneal sequestra were harvested via keratectomy from globes of nine cats. The sequestra were routinely fixed then postfixed for high resolution light and transmission electron microscopy (HR-LM and ...

Corneal sequestrum in cats – self assessment