We are glad to share a vet case study captured by QuikVue eye imaging adaptor from Dr.Allison Fuchs.
Another cat, another sequestrum! This one is in a Himalayan kitty. A corneal sequestrum is a piece of dead, necrotic cornea that turns brown and causes discomfort. These occur almost exclusively in cats, generally associated with chronic irritation, feline herpes virus, or being a smush-faced kitty. They can eventually heal without surgery, but may take months. Surgery generally results in a much faster healing time. Depending on the depth of the lesion, we may or may not graft the cornea with the cat’s own adjacent corneal tissue or adjunctive bio-scaffold materials like Amnion or BioSis. This sequestrum was fairly shallow, so it received a simple amnion graft and we are looking forward to seeing his progress over the next two weeks!
