Distichiasis in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
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| Authors: | Chantal A.P.M. Verboven Sylvia C. Djajadiningrat‐Laanen Willem‐Jan P. Kitslaar Guy C.M. Grinwis Nico J. Schoemaker Michael H. Boevé |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, , Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Section of Zoological Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, , Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Section of Pathology, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, , Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A 4‐year‐old intact male ferret was presented to the Ophthalmology Service of the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals of Utrecht University with chronic blepharospasm, epiphora, and conjunctivitis of the right eye. Examination of the eye revealed mild conjunctivitis and three hairs protruding from the openings of meibomian glands in the upper eyelid, providing the clinical diagnosis of distichiasis. The distichia were removed by transconjunctival unipolar electrocautery. Recovery was uneventful, but the original signs recurred 10 weeks after surgery. Ophthalmic examination revealed another distichia at a different location in the same eyelid and it was removed by full‐thickness wedge excision. Histopathological examination failed to reveal the exact origin of the distichia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of distichiasis in a ferret. |
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| Keywords: | conjunctivitis ectopic hair eyelid ferret |
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