Exophthalmos – Rabbit
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Introduction
Unilateral exophthalmos (Wagner F et al 2005) may be caused by:
- Orbital abscesses (is this the same as retrobulbar abscesses)
- Orbital cellulites
- Orbital cysts
- Retrobulbar fat prolapse
- Salivary mucocoele
- Orbital neoplasia
- Taenia serialis - coenurosis
Bilateral exophthalmos may be caused by, I assume, the above occurring bilaterally and also by:
- Thymoma (Vernaue et al 1995)
- Mediastinal lymphoma (Wagner F et al 2005)
References
- Vernaue et al (1995): Thymoma in a geriatric rabbit with hypercalcaemia and periodic exophthalmia J Am Vet Med Assoc 206 820-822
- Wagner F et al (2005): Recurrent bilateral exophthalmos associated with metastatic carcinoma in a pet rabbit. Journal of Small Animal Practice 46, 393-397
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