Pseudomonas dacryoadenitis secondary to a lacrimal gland ductule stone

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Jun;13(2):135-8. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199706000-00008.

Abstract

Infectious dacryoadenitis is a rare condition. A case of Pseudomonas dacryoadenitis has not been reported previously. We treated a patient with Pseudomonas dacryoadenitis secondary to obstruction from a lacrimal gland ductule stone. Histologically, the calculus contained hairs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Calculi / complications*
  • Calculi / pathology
  • Calculi / surgery
  • Dacryocystitis / microbiology*
  • Dacryocystitis / pathology
  • Dacryocystitis / therapy
  • Dacryocystorhinostomy
  • Drainage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial* / etiology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial* / pathology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / microbiology
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / pathology
  • Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / complications*
  • Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / pathology
  • Male
  • Pseudomonas Infections* / etiology
  • Pseudomonas Infections* / pathology
  • Pseudomonas Infections* / therapy
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents