title: [Actinomycotic lachrymal canaliculitis: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgique. laurent.levecq@ofta.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levecq
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eloy
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nollevaux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozyreff
authors.forename: A-P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Guagnini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collet
mesh_terms: 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