title: Congenital ocular dermoid cyst in a river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calf.
abstract: Clinical and histopathological findings of a congenital ocular dermoid cyst, located at the lower eyelid of a river female buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calf were presented. A soft, fluctuant, non-tender, hyperaemic cystic mass was detected overlaying the left eye. Fine needle aspirate revealed filamentous debris with no malignant cells. The cyst was treated surgically by orbital exenteration and subsequently subjected to histopathological examination. The histopathological study disclosed a conjunctival dermoid cyst. This report is novel, in that; such ocular cyst has not previously been described in river buffalo calves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 57155/1177, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran. f.sarrafzadeh@mail.urmia.ac.ir
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sarrafzadeh-Rezaei
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Farshid
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saifzadeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002020:Buffaloes; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female