Blefaroplastia de stades para correção de triquíase e exérese de neoplasma em pálpebra superior em um cão.

Abstract

The present work describes the use of blepharoplasty technique as an alternative for the removal of a bulky meibomian adenoma present in the upper eyelid of a female English Cocker Spaniel, eleven years old, which also had upper eyelid trichiasis in both eyes. The patient was attended at the Veterinary Ophthalmology Sector of the Veterinary Hospital of Federal University of Paraíba. Stades blepharoplasty consists of a surgical technique that performs an exeresis of a large skin fragment of the upper eyelid associated with hair follicles, which aims the restoration of the upper eyelashes position. In this case, the tumor mass was removed together with the skin fragment, allowing a local safety margin. A Stades blepharoplasty was chosen, since this technique could correct, at the same time, the two conditions, the neoplasm and upper eyelid trichiasis, with an expert cosmetic result, and more appropriate, avoiding unnecessary additional procedures to the patient.