Phacoemulsification for the management of Encephalitozoon cuniculi-induced phacoclastic uveitis in a rabbit

Vet Ophthalmol. 2002 Sep;5(3):211-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2002.00240.x.

Abstract

Phacoemulsification was performed on a New Zealand White rabbit with slowly progressive unilateral phacoclastic uveitis and cataract formation. The irrigating solution with lenticular contents were centrifuged and examined cytologically using Weber's chromotrope-based stain. Microsporidial spores were observed and positively identified as Encephalitozoon cuniculi via polymerase chain reaction. More than 1 year following surgical therapy, the rabbit is visual and comfortable without medications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cataract / complications
  • Cataract / diagnosis
  • Cataract / veterinary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalitozoon cuniculi / genetics
  • Encephalitozoon cuniculi / isolation & purification
  • Encephalitozoonosis / complications
  • Encephalitozoonosis / diagnosis
  • Encephalitozoonosis / veterinary*
  • Eye Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Eye Diseases / drug therapy
  • Eye Diseases / pathology
  • Eye Diseases / surgery*
  • Female
  • Phacoemulsification / veterinary*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Rabbits*
  • Uveitis / complications
  • Uveitis / diagnosis
  • Uveitis / surgery
  • Uveitis / veterinary*

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Albendazole