Protrusão da glândula lacrimal da terceira pálpebra em gato: relato de caso

Abstract

The protrusion of the lacrimal gland of the third age is a disease that is common in dogs, but rarely in cats, and may be bilateral. In felines there is a predisposition of the Burmese breed and the development of this ophthalmopathy seems to be associated with the laxity of the retinaculum that connects the gland to the periorbite. In the existing cats few reports on the disease, with little information on the epidemiological profile of glandular protrusion in the species. The present study aims to report a clinical case of protrusion of the unilateral eyelid gland in a cat in an ophthalmology department of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraíba, Areia-PB. The animal presented a clinical sign of a reddish and bulging volume in the medial corner of the left eye and epiphysis, which appeared in the middle of the weeks, after a fight with other cats. Protrusion of the lacrimal gland was successfully corrected using a Morgan technique or pocket technique, which repositions a gland in the conjunctiva of the third eyelid.