Ovine Intraorbital Hydatid Cyst
Ovine Intraorbital Hydatid Cyst
Muhammad Kashif Maan1*, Rohma Shabbir2
ABSTRACT
Hydatid Cyst caused by the Echinococuss granulosus is an important disease of the humans and animals. Orbital involvement of the cyst is very rare accounts only 1% percent of the hydatidsis in veterinary patients. A 2-year ram was presented to Surgery teaching hospital of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore with the complaint of progressive exophthalmos with proptosis without pain, disturbance in ocular motility, visual deterioration, and chemosis. There was no evidence of presence of cyst in lungs and liver upon radiographic examination. Rhinotomy approach was used to enucleate the Cyst. There was no postoperative complication after enucleation of the Cyst.
Keywords | Exopthalmia, intraorbital hydatid cyst, proptosis, Rhinotomy
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