La cheratite superficiale cronica (CSK) ed il plasmoma nel cane: studio retrospettivo.

Chronic superficial keratitis (CSK), or pannus, is a disease seen most commonly in the German Sheperd. The clinical signs seen with CSK are the vascularization and pigmentation of the cornea. The cause of CSK is probably immune-mediated and this disease is probably associated with ultraviolet radiation. A related condition where a similar immunemediate reaction is confined to the conjunctiva and the third eyelid is called plasmoma. In this study we considered 89 dogs referred to a specialistic visit for CSK and/or plasmoma. The aim of this study was to identify the correlation between CSK and plasmoma of the third eyelid and the answer of these pathologies to the medical therapy.