title: Mycobacterium fortuitum as a cause for nasolacrimal obstruction and granulomatous eyelid disease.
abstract: A case of dacryocystitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum is reported with secondary chronic granulomatous abscess of the eyelid. Mycobacterium fortuitum is an atypical Mycobacterium rarely encountered in ophthalmic practice. The clinical course of the abscess caused by Mycobacterium is reviewed and the successful management of this problem by cryotherapy discussed.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003452:Cryosurgery; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery