Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis

Chronic canaliculitis is an uncommon condition secondary to an infection of the lacrimal canaliculus, frequently caused by Actinomyces israelii. It is often misdiagnosed due to its symptoms mimicking more common pathologies and regularly fails to respond to antibiotics alone. Surgical intervention i...

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Autores principales: Hickman Casey, Thomas, Sisley, Mary, Saldana, William, Peck, Fraser S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103146
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20567
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description Chronic canaliculitis is an uncommon condition secondary to an infection of the lacrimal canaliculus, frequently caused by Actinomyces israelii. It is often misdiagnosed due to its symptoms mimicking more common pathologies and regularly fails to respond to antibiotics alone. Surgical intervention is the definitive treatment. We present a case of chronic canaliculitis with an unusual presentation.
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spelling pubmed-87725312022-01-30 Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis Hickman Casey, Thomas Sisley, Mary Saldana, William Peck, Fraser S Cureus Ophthalmology Chronic canaliculitis is an uncommon condition secondary to an infection of the lacrimal canaliculus, frequently caused by Actinomyces israelii. It is often misdiagnosed due to its symptoms mimicking more common pathologies and regularly fails to respond to antibiotics alone. Surgical intervention is the definitive treatment. We present a case of chronic canaliculitis with an unusual presentation. Cureus 2021-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8772531/ /pubmed/35103146 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20567 Text en Copyright © 2021, Hickman Casey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis
title_full Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis
title_fullStr Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis
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title_short Bleeding From the Eye: An Unusual Presentation of Lacrimal Canaliculitis
title_sort bleeding from the eye: an unusual presentation of lacrimal canaliculitis
topic Ophthalmology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103146
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20567
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