[Actinomycotic lachrymal canaliculitis: a case report].
The authors report a case of unilateral chronic epiphora resistant to prolonged topical antibiotic treatment in a 62-year-old woman. Culture yielded some colonies of Actinomyces species. A dacryocystorhinostomy was found to be ineffective. Canaliculotomy with removal of cast resolved the chronic canaliculitis. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of solid cast of Actinomyces.
Levecq
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Service d'Ophtalmologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgique. laurent.levecq@ofta.ucl.ac.be
Eloy
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Nollevaux
M-C
MC
Kozyreff
A
A
Guagnini
A-P
AP
Collet
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D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged