Lower Eyelid Reconstructive Surgery after Melanoma Resection in a Horse

Melanomas are common in grey horses and rare in other colors of horse. They usually present as nodules in the eyelid and often involve the eyelid margin. They rarely ulcerate and are most often of a benign slow growing nature [2,3]. They are most often benign in the horses [4] and dog [5], but frequently malignant in the cat [6]. If the eyelid mass involves less than about one third of the eyelid margin, removal can be performed in a routine fashion. If the mass involves more than one third of the eyelid margin, reconstruction of the eyelid will be necessary. This may require more complicated procedures, and sometimes more than one surgery will be needed to fully reconstruct the eyelid [1,2,7].