Corneal dermoid in a beef calf.
A 10-mm circumscribed nodule, containing hair, was noted on the ventral cornea, limbus and conjunctiva of the right eye of a 6-month-old male Hereford calf. With the animal restrained in a chute and proparacaine used as a topical anesthetic, superficial keratectomy was performed to remove the mass. The edge of the bulbar conjunctival wound was sutured to the limbus with 6-0 Vicryl. Chloramphenicol ophthalmic ointment was applied TID for 5 days. Recovery was uneventful.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male