title: Heterologous penetrating keratoplasty for treatment of a corneal sequestrum in a cat.
abstract: A corneal sequestrum was diagnosed in an 8-year-old, neutered male Burmese cat. A heterologous penetrating keratoplasty (PK) (fresh canine corneal tissue) was performed to restore a clear visual axis. A heterograft was selected in order to decrease the risk of viral transmission as a screened donor was not available. One month postoperatively the graft was vascularized and opaque. The owner failed to return for recheck examinations until 16 months postoperatively at which time only a faint central nebula remained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA. townsend@cvm.msu.edu
authors.forename: Wendy M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stiles
authors.forename: Sheryl G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Krohne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000637:transplantation*; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome