Citation

Latasiewicz M, Chang-Sotomayor M, Alonso-Caldarelli C, Farias-Plazas F, Leszczynska A, Gonzalez-Candial M. Orbit 2014; 33(6): 465-467.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/01676830.2014.950292

PMID

25208047

Abstract

The aim of this report is to present a case of a patient with bilateral lacrimal gland abscesses in the course of dacryoadenitis. A 45-year-old female patient with a long history of cocaine abuse presented with bilateral bacterial dacryoadenitis and upper lid inflammation with purulent discharge from a palpebral wound of the right upper lid. The diagnosis was confirmed with microbiology culture and an orbital CT scan, which revealed lacrimal gland abscesses. The patient admitted to vigorous eye scratching, which we believe was the mechanism responsible for the process. The infection resolved on targeted antibiotic therapy. This is the first reported case of bilateral infectious dacryoadenitis produced in a self-inflicted mechanism in a cocaine addict.

Language: en