title: Pseudomonas dacryoadenitis secondary to a lacrimal gland ductule stone.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mawn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanon
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nerad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D004322:Drainage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents