[Mycotic dacryocystitis related to naso-lacrimal stent. Case report].
METHODS
A nasolacrimal stent was placed in a diabetic woman with a ten-year history of epiphora. Three months later the non-functional stent was removed and taken for histological study. A presumed diagnosis of fungical dacryocystitis was then established. An external dacryocystorhinostomy was performed and the obtained cultures confirmed Candida albicans as the infective agent.


CONCLUSIONS
Only 1.2% of all dacryocystitis are due to fungal agents. This possibility must be considered when evaluating a routine chronic dacryocystitis. Cultures should be obtained when removing a nasolacrimal stent in order to rule out different causes of nasolacrymal obstruction.
Toledano Fernández
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Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
García Sáenz
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S
Arteaga Sánchez
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A
Dávila Rodríguez
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C
Ibarburen González-Arenas
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C
Mestre De Juan
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MJ
D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*