Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Identification of a periorbital wooden foreign body as the cause of chronic ocular discharge in a horse.
- Journal:
- Australian veterinary journal
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Santos, Mp et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A horse was found to have a piece of wood stuck in the deep muscle near its right eye, which was causing a lot of eye discharge. Interestingly, there was no history of injury or any visible wound on the horse. The veterinarians used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to locate the wood, which helped them understand the problem better. To remove the foreign body, the horse needed two surgeries, which is common when dealing with wood stuck in the body. Ultimately, the treatment aimed to resolve the eye discharge caused by the foreign body.
Abstract
The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of a horse with a wooden foreign body embedded in the deep portion of the right masseter muscle adjacent to the right orbit are presented. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging findings and treatment of a penetrating wooden foreign body in a horse that had no history of trauma or evidence of a puncture wound. This report documents the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging to detect a wooden foreign body embedded in the soft tissues of a horse with a chronic copious ocular discharge. Two surgical procedures were necessary, which is a frequent complication encountered with wooden foreign bodies.
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