Blinking cartilage kink

The blinking cartilage kink (syn. Blinking cartilage version ) is an outward kinking of the blinking cartilage ( cartilago palpebrae III ) in the nictitating membrane . The disease occurs mainly in young large breed domestic dogs , rarely also in cats. The cause is probably a disproportion in the growth of the lid and eye-side portions of the blink cartilage.

The blinking cartilage version shows itself in a turning of the free edge of the nictitating membrane outwards. In addition, conjunctivitis usually occurs with discharge from the eye. In the differential diagnosis, a herniation of the nictitating membrane of another cause, a nictitating membrane herniation and tumors of the nictitating membrane are to be excluded. The therapy is carried out surgically, in which usually only the overturned cartilage part is resected .

literature

• KC Barnett: Diseases of the nicitating membrane of the dog . In: J. Small Anim. Pract . tape 19 , 1978, p. 101-108 .
• Ingrid Allgoewer: Blinking cartilage version in a Persian cat . In: Small Animal Practice . tape 44 , 1999, pp. 781-783 .

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