title: Identification of a periorbital wooden foreign body as the cause of chronic ocular discharge in a horse.
abstract: The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of a horse with a wooden foreign body embedded in the deep portion of the right masseter muscle adjacent to the right orbit are presented. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging findings and treatment of a penetrating wooden foreign body in a horse that had no history of trauma or evidence of a puncture wound. This report documents the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging to detect a wooden foreign body embedded in the soft tissues of a horse with a chronic copious ocular discharge. Two surgical procedures were necessary, which is a frequent complication encountered with wooden foreign bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. mpsantos@illinois.edu
authors.forename: Mp
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Sd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gutierrez-Nibeyro
authors.forename: Aa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Rm
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: Dh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodgerson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014934:Wood