Disorders Of Orbit & Nasolacrimal System Flashcards
Bony fossa
Separates eye from cranial cavity
foramina & fissures
Pathway of blood vessels & nerves
Size, shape & position - closely associated w time of visual activity & feeding behavior
Pig & carnivores - incomplete
Large herbivores - complete
Orbital contents
Globe
Nicitans membrane
Glands
Fat
Extraocular muscles
Congenital anomalies
Anopthlamus
Microphthalmos
Synophthalmus
Cyclopia
Strabismus
Causes for microphthalmus
Hereditary
Merle ocular dysgenesis
Collie eye anomalies
Bovine viral diarrhea
Nutritional (hypovitaminosis)
Congenital anomalies w non viable fetus
Synophthalmia
Anophthalmia
Cyclopia
Converging strabismus
Eyes meet at a point - nose
Bilateral converging strabismus w exophthalmia (BCSE)
Inherited in jersey, German cattle breeds
Inhereited in Siamese cats
Diverging strabismus
Eyes going in different directions
Hydrocephalus - sunset eyes
Considered normal in Brachycephalic breeds
Clinical signs for strabismus
Change in orbital volume (endo/exophthalmus)
Impaired function of orbital structures
Neuro ophthalmic exam, globe retropulsion
Unilateral cranial nerve V lesion
Orbital neoplasia
Large mineralized space occupying lesion
Age related loss of retrobulbar fat
Orbital fracture w eyelid lacteration
Bilateral Extraocular Polymyositis
Exophthalmus
Increased orbital volume
Acquired disorders
Orbital cellulitis /abscess
Transoral abscess drainage
Sialoceles
MMM
Extraocular muscle myositits
Orbital neoplasia
Proptosis
Orbital cellulitis
Acute, unilateral exophthalmos
Pain in globe retropulsion & mouth opening
Protrusion of 3rd eyelid
Conjunctival hyperemia, chemosis
Periocular swelling, mucopurulent discharge
Causes for orbital cellulitis
Penetrating wound through mouth
Foreign body
Tooth root abscess
Infection of zygomatic/salivary gland
Idiopathic
Treating orbital cellulitis
Drainage
Systemic broad spectrum antibiotics
Sialoceles
Cystic structures from glandular or epithelial tissues
Typically exophthalmos and protrusion of third eyelid
Minimal pain, fluctuating swelling
Causes of Sialoceles
Trauma of head
Leakage of saliva from zygomatic gland/duct
Ulceration of oral mucosa - obstruction of saliva outflow
Treat w removal of cysts and gland