[Diagnostic image (299). An oncology patient suffering from conjunctivitis].
A 64-year-old man with a small-cell bronchus carcinoma and metastases was treated with chemotherapy and developed conjunctivitis and necrosis of the eyelids caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Marinkovic
M
M
Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Oogheelkunde, Meibergdreef 9, 1005 AZ Amsterdam. m.marinkovic@yahoo.com
Witmer
J P
JP
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024221:Antineoplastic Protocols; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003234:Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin