Taenia serialis causing exophthalmos in a pet rabbit |
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Authors: | O'Reilly Anu McCowan Christina Hardman Chloe Stanley Robin |
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Affiliation: | Animal Eye Care, 181 Darling Road, East Malvern, Victoria 3145, Australia,;Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia |
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Abstract: | A 16-month-old, male, neuter Dwarf Lop rabbit presented with exophthalmos of the right eye of 3 weeks duration. Under sedation an ultrasound of the right eye was performed and showed an orbital hypo-echoic area posterior and ventrolateral to the right globe, which was presumed to be a cyst. Fine needle aspirate removed 5.5 mLs of straw-colored fluid from the cyst, which allowed the globe to return to its normal position. Two months later the rabbit re-presented with exophthalmos of the right eye. Exploratory surgery was performed and a large cystic structure was removed from the ventro-lateral conjunctival fornix. Histology confirmed the cyst to be a coenurus of Taenia serialis. |
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Keywords: | coenurus cyst exophthalmos fine needle aspirate (FNA) rabbit Taenia serialis |
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