Lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on CT

BACKGROUND: Pyogenic lacrimal gland abscesses are uncommon and thus may not be immediately clinically recognized without a high index of suspicion. FINDINGS: We present two patients with preseptal cellulitis and characteristic low-attenuation fluid collections in the lacrimal glands demonstrated on...

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Autores principales: Ginat, Daniel Thomas, Glass, Lora Rabin Dagi, Yanoga, Fatoumata, Lee, Nahyoung Grace, Freitag, Suzanne K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26758202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-015-0068-6
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author Ginat, Daniel Thomas
Glass, Lora Rabin Dagi
Yanoga, Fatoumata
Lee, Nahyoung Grace
Freitag, Suzanne K.
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description BACKGROUND: Pyogenic lacrimal gland abscesses are uncommon and thus may not be immediately clinically recognized without a high index of suspicion. FINDINGS: We present two patients with preseptal cellulitis and characteristic low-attenuation fluid collections in the lacrimal glands demonstrated on computed tomography (CT). CONCLUSIONS: Lacrimal gland abscesses should be considered when dacryoadenitis is refractory to medical treatment. Indeed, these cases highlight the value of prompt recognition of lacrimal abscess through ophthalmologic referral and the use of diagnostic imaging. Both patients were successfully treated via incision and drainage.
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spelling pubmed-47106182016-01-19 Lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on CT Ginat, Daniel Thomas Glass, Lora Rabin Dagi Yanoga, Fatoumata Lee, Nahyoung Grace Freitag, Suzanne K. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Brief Report BACKGROUND: Pyogenic lacrimal gland abscesses are uncommon and thus may not be immediately clinically recognized without a high index of suspicion. FINDINGS: We present two patients with preseptal cellulitis and characteristic low-attenuation fluid collections in the lacrimal glands demonstrated on computed tomography (CT). CONCLUSIONS: Lacrimal gland abscesses should be considered when dacryoadenitis is refractory to medical treatment. Indeed, these cases highlight the value of prompt recognition of lacrimal abscess through ophthalmologic referral and the use of diagnostic imaging. Both patients were successfully treated via incision and drainage. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4710618/ /pubmed/26758202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-015-0068-6 Text en © Ginat et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_fullStr Lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on CT
title_full_unstemmed Lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on CT
title_short Lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on CT
title_sort lacrimal gland abscess presenting with preseptal cellulitis depicted on ct
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26758202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-015-0068-6
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