MICROPHACY AND ANTERIOR SYNECHIA OF CILIAL PROCESSES IN A CAT: CASE REPORT
Microphakia is defined as a reduced lens size and generally correlates with other ocular malformations. The objective is to report a case of bilateral congenital lens alteration. The patient, a two-year-old mixed breed cat, presented ocular opacity in both eyes. The animal was submitted to an ultrasonic biomicroscopy (UBM) imaging examination, where anterior dislocation of the lens with cataract and slight narrowing of the irideocorneal angle was confirmed in the right eye. In the left eye, the lens was not observed, confirming aphakia, in addition to observing the ciliary processes attached to the inner portion of the cornea. To date, this is the first report of anterior synechiae of the ciliary processes in a visual aphakic eye in a cat.
MICROPHACY AND ANTERIOR SYNECHIA OF CILIAL PROCESSES IN A CAT: CASE REPORT
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9733182309112
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Palavras-chave: microphakia, anterior lens dislocation, UBM.
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Keywords: microphakia, anterior lens dislocation, UBM.
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Abstract:
Microphakia is defined as a reduced lens size and generally correlates with other ocular malformations. The objective is to report a case of bilateral congenital lens alteration. The patient, a two-year-old mixed breed cat, presented ocular opacity in both eyes. The animal was submitted to an ultrasonic biomicroscopy (UBM) imaging examination, where anterior dislocation of the lens with cataract and slight narrowing of the irideocorneal angle was confirmed in the right eye. In the left eye, the lens was not observed, confirming aphakia, in addition to observing the ciliary processes attached to the inner portion of the cornea. To date, this is the first report of anterior synechiae of the ciliary processes in a visual aphakic eye in a cat.
- Ruy Fernando Mastropietro Cavichioli
- Eduardo Perlmann
