A case study on Enucleation of eye for the correction of secondary glaucoma of a Non-descript cat

Abstract

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that have an abnormally elevated intraocular pressure that causes damage of optic nerve. A 1.6 year old non-descript female cat named as kalu was presented in the Teaching and Training Pet Hospital and Research Center, Purbachal, Dhaka with a history of periocular swelling since 3 months .On clinical examination there was absence of menace reflex and elevated intraocular pressure (35mm (Hg)). The confirmatory diagnosis of the case was vision less glaucoma in the left eye. Hence the affected eyeball was enucleated under general anesthesia