Actinomycotic Lacrimal Canaliculitis

Richards, William W.

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(73)90669-7

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“…They, however, used silver nitrate cauterisation following removal of the stones and this in theory could cause damage to the epithelium of the canaliculus. The patients in two other case reports [5,12] had no reconstruction performed but made a full recovery with patent syringing following canaliculotomy.…”

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“…Lacrimal canaliculitis is a relatively rare condition and is commonly undiagnosed for long periods of time [2,7,12]. Laboratory culture diagnosis of this disease can be difficult and secondary infection commonly confuses the picture [2,7,12].…”

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“…Laboratory culture diagnosis of this disease can be difficult and secondary infection commonly confuses the picture [2,7,12]. Actinomyces is the most common associated cause of canaliculitis, although several different organisms have been shown to cause the disease [2,5,7,11,12].…”

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Actinomyces canaliculitis: diagnosis of a masquerading disease

Briscoe

Edelstein

Zacharopoulos

et al. 2004

Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol

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Actinomyces canaliculitis presents with epiphora, chronic purulent conjunctivitis, a palpably thickened canaliculus, and yellow punctual discharge. In suspect cases canuliculotomy and curettage should be performed, although canalicular reconstruction is generally unnecessary. Culture of discharge and concretions using PD Plus/F blood culture medium gave improved results over accepted norms. Fixation of smeared concretions on a slide in alcohol is simple and is diagnostic of the disease. We recommend long-term systemic penicillin treatment in Actinomyces canaliculitis.

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Actinomyces canaliculitis: diagnosis of a masquerading disease

Briscoe

Edelstein

Zacharopoulos

et al. 2004

Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol

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“…A canaliculite é uma infecção rara do canalículo lacrimal, que na maioria das vezes não é adequadamente tratada devido à confusão em seu diagnóstico (1,7,17) .…”

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Canaliculite: relato de caso e conduta

Carneiro¹,

Macedo²,

Oliveira³

2008

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

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“…A canaliculite é uma infecção rara do canalículo lacrimal, que na maioria das vezes não é adequadamente tratada devido à confusão em seu diagnós-tico (1)(2)(3) . Deve ser considerada como diagnóstico diferencial importante em casos de conjuntivite intermitente, principalmente quando a apresentação for unilateral, crônica e não responsiva ao tratamento convencional (4)(5)(6) .…”

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