We are glad to share a vet case study captured by QuikVue eye imaging adaptor from Dr. Allison Fuchs.

Welcome to the world of brachycephalic breeds and pigmentary keratitis!

Este jovem Pug foi encaminhado por ter olhos turvos e muita secreção ocular pegajosa.Como você pode ver, ela tem uma pigmentação corneana bastante significativa, com o olho esquerdo desenvolvendo uma grande camada de pigmento e a córnea direita basicamente completamente opaca.Ela também tem olho seco muito grave (baixa produção de lágrimas), o que foi um fator contribuinte.A ceratite pigmentar ocorre em cães braquicefálicos comumente devido à fissura palpebral larga e aos olhos altamente expostos, com outros fatores conformacionais desempenhando um papel.

We have several treatment options ranging from conservative medical therapies with tear stimulants and anti-inflammatory drops (what this owner elected) to surgery to reduce the eyelid fissure and cryotherapy for the corneal pigmentation. While this dog would likely benefit from surgery, they are hoping to avoid anesthesia. We started medication and she has made really good progress in just 1 month as you can see! It’s most apparent in the less severe eye, where the pigment is breaking up and becoming more "wispy". The right eye is also improving, with no more yucky mucoid discharge or redness, and the pigment has started to clear around the edges of the cornea. It's hard to tell in the still images, especially since the patient is SO excited she will barely hold still! I am hopeful we'll continue to get improvement over the next few months. While she will never have a normal cornea in the right eye, if we can prevent worsening and keep her comfortable, her family will be happy!