Surgical Management of Coenurus Cyst in Palpebral Sub-Conjunctiva in a Sheep

A two years old ram was presented with complaint of swelling over left lower eye lid. On physical examination, the bulbar conjunctiva of lower eye lid was swollen. After incising the conjunctiva, the white fluid filled cyst was removed. It was a flabby ovoid structure with many white nodules visible through a very thin wall. On morphological examination, cyst was identified as coenurus cyst. The animal thereafter recovered uneventfully