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Dacryops with dacryolithiasis in a dog
Lina Susanti1, Seokmin Go1, Du-Min Go2
1Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Veterinary Medicine and Science
|June 6, 2022
Summary
Surgical removal of a dacryops with dacryolithiasis in a dog was curative. This condition, involving a lacrimal gland cyst with stones, resolved successfully without recurrence.
Area of Science:
- Veterinary Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmic Pathology
- Canine Medicine
Background:
- A 10-year-old Maltese dog presented with a 5-year history of chronic swelling in the medial canthus of the right eye.
- The swelling was diagnosed as a dacryops, a cyst of the lacrimal gland ductal system.

