Chronic dacryoadenitis misdiagnosed as eyelid edema and allergic conjunctivitis

Gunduz K., Gunalp I., Ozden R.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.43, no.2, pp.109-112, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0021-5155(98)00078-1
  • Journal Name: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-112
  • Keywords: allergic conjunctivitis, corticosteroids, dacryoadenitis, eyelid swelling, idiopathic orbital inflammation, ORBITAL PSEUDOTUMOR
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To report the case of a 53-year-old woman with a 2-year history of episodic upper eyelid swelling and nonspecific complaints, who was diagnosed as having allergic conjunctivitis.