Rojas RI, Audivert HY, Miqueli RM, Muzquiz, MA, Noa FY, Martínez RR

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 1-8
PDF size: 334.71 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Canaliculitis is an uncommon infectious disease. It is often misdiagnosed due to its overlapping presentation to other common entities. A 56-year-old female patient is reported. She was referred to Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Ophthalmologic Institute, Ocular Plastic Surgery consultation, suffering from punctal swelling, discharge, and epiphora. At ocular examination was described conjunctival hyperemia, pouting punctum and mucopurulent discharge. Punctal regurgitation of concretions appears under syringing. It was confirmed acute canaliculitis with concretions in the left eye. A canaliculotomy was performed, and the concretions were removed. Routine clinical examinations helped to get a right diagnosis of canaliculitis and the surgical result was satisfactory.

REFERENCES

1. Fulmer NL, Neal JG, Bussard GM. Lacrimal canaliculitis. Am J Emerg Med. 1999;17(4):385-6.

2. Lin SC, Kao SC, Tsai CC, Cheng CY, Kau HC, Hsu WM, et al. Clinical characteristics and factors associated the outcome of lacrimal canaliculitis. Acta Ophthalmol. 2011;89(8):759-63.

3. Río Torres M, Fernández Argones L, Hernández Silva R, López Ramos M. Oftalmología. Diagnóstico y tratamiento. La Habana: Editorial Ciencias Médicas; 2018.

4. Gogandy M, Al-Sheikh O, Chaudhry I. Clinical features and bacteriology of lacrimal canaliculitis in patients presenting to a tertiary eye care center in the Middle East. Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2014;28(1):31-5.

5. García-Layana A, Munuera JM, Moreno J, Sainz A. Canaliculitis por Actinomyces: diagnóstico y tratamiento quirúrgico. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 1997;72:291-4.

6. Tost F, Bruder R, Clemens S. Clinical diagnosis of chronic canaliculitis by 20- MHz ultrasound. Ophthalmologica. En: Lee MJ, Choung HK, Kim NJ, Khwarg SI. One-snip punctoplasty and canalicular curettage through the punctum: A minimally invasive surgical procedure for primary canaliculitis. Ophthalmology. 2009;116:2027-30.

7. Herrera M, Gómez C, Agramonte I, Canaliculitis: diagnóstico clínico y resultados quirúrgicos. Rev Cubana Oftalmol. 2004;17(1):2.

8. Basilio AL, Cabugueira A, Borges B, Flores R, Chronic lacrimal canaliculitis. The answer to a three-year history of red eye. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2018;81(4):5.

9. Kanski J, Browling B. Oftalmología Clínica. Barcelona: Elsevier Saunders; 2016.

10. Asociación Americana de Oftalmología. Orbit, eyelids, and lacrimal system. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophtalmology; 2017.