Sentences with word «sequestrum»

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Dr. Lavallee was the first doctor to treat a chronic non-healing corneal sequestrum with regenerative medicine in a cat — and the treatment was a success!

Patrick Hepner, Iowa State University, is trying to develop a better understanding of corneal sequestrum in cats.

Sequestrum refers to the development of dark plaque on the cornea on degenerating or dead tissue.

Cats sometimes produce a much darker ocular discharge and, on occasion, a black plaque - like corneal sequestrum.

If the situation worsens, there's a threat of what occurred to your cat's other eye, a corneal sequestrum, a dead piece of superficial cornea that just sits there and doesn't go away without surgery.»

Furthermore, it may lead to problems with the cornea, such as ulcers, scarring, vascularization, mineralization, sequestrum or adhesions.

There are a number of other ocular abnormalities that have been potentially associated with herpesvirus infection, such as symblepharon, corneal sequestrum, entropion, Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis, and even uveitis.

The prognosis for the eye to be free from pain and to have normal clinical vision is good with surgery, especially if the sequestrum is removed at an early stage.

However, the development of a sequestrum is often associated with corneal trauma, dry eye syndrome, abnormal eyelid conformation, and / or Feline Herpes Virus infection (see «Conjunctivitis and Corneal Disease in Cats»).

However, the tendency to form a sequestrum is that individual cat's response to corneal irritation, and additional episodes may occur in one or both eyes in the future.

Additionally, the dead corneal tissue can act as a foreign body, causing the immune system to attack the sequestrum.

There are several causes for a corneal sequestrum and they all have the common theme of chronic corneal irritation.

«My cat hit the feline medical lottery when he needed Dr. Cullen's specialized services,» says Jennifer O'Donnell, whose cat needed eye surgery twice in a span of 13 months; once to remove a foreign body embedded in his cornea and the other when he developed a corneal sequestrum.

Corneal Sequestrum: Another Possible Result of Chronic Infection The Persian breed appears to be particularly predisposed to this reaction to the herpes virus.