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Why blind?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by davidwilliams

[tab name="The Case"]  A colleague referred a blind hyperthyroid cat to me saying she expected to see complete retinal detachment, retinal haemorrhages and vessel changes but didn’t – why is it blind? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"]  There isn’t a complete detachment … Continue reading →

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The need for two views!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by davidwilliams

 [tab name="The Case"]  I do enjoy receiving images from you for a quick e-diagnosis but many times one does need to see the animal face to face – maybe I should say eye to eye! Here is a cat where … Continue reading →

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Is there an eye at all?!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by davidwilliams

[tab name="The Case"] This poor little cat came in to us via the RSPCA with no home and apparently no eye either! What has happened here and how would you proceed diagnostically and therapeutically? [/tab] [tab name="David's view"] This cat … Continue reading →

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A cat with white blobs on its eye!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by davidwilliams

[tab name="The Case"] Much of ophthalmology is simple pattern recognition. If you’ve seen a cat with these striking white lesions on its cornea before you’ll immediately know what the diagnosis is, and if you haven’t you’ll know after looking at this … Continue reading →

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