title: Surgical resection of an orbital fat prolapse in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).
abstract: A 23-year-old captive female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) developed an inferiotemporal subconjunctival swelling of the right eye. Surgical excision of the mass was performed and a diagnosis of orbital fat prolapse was confirmed histopathologically. There was no recurrence of orbital fat prolapse at 15 months post operatively. This is the first known case of orbital fat prolapse in the California sea lion.
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. klassg@missouri.edu
authors: Gia
authors: G
authors: Klauss
authors: Wm Kirk
authors: WK
authors: Suedmeyer
authors: Laurence E
authors: LE
authors: Galle
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Giuliano
authors: Leilani J
authors: LJ
authors: Castaner
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011391:Prolapse; D046070:Sea Lions