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Orbital fat prolapse in the dog
Author(s) -
Boydell P.,
Paterson S.,
Pike R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01938.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enophthalmos , surgery , histopathological examination , biopsy , radiology , pathology , diplopia
ABSTRACT Five dogs presented with varying degrees of subconjunctival swelling and enophthalmos. Biopsy revealed the subconjunctival tissue to be fat. Surgical excision in two cases resulted in resolution of the clinical signs and demonstrated that the fat came from the retrobulbar region.