abstract background involvement of lacrimal apparatus by non hodgkin lymphoma as a first manifestation is extremely rare and only three cases have been reported in children. the purpose of this report is to determine the clinical characteristic of patient with primary involvement of lacrimal apparatus with lymphoma. case presentation a 7-year-old girl with history of tearing, gradually progress...

purpose : to present a case of orbital cellulitis secondary to dacryocystitis case report : a 48-year-old postmenopausal lady was referred with a prominent proptosis of the right eye in addition to external ophthalmoplegia. she had one year history of lacrimation. orbital computed tomography (ct) revealed an extraconal infiltration near the medial and inferior orbital wall consistent with orbit...

BACKGROUND Treatment of lacrimal sac abscess of the traditional surgical approach may result in complications from cutaneous fistula formation, damage the sac, cause skin scarring and even have the potential for inducing cicatricial ectropion. We designed a new treatment scheme that is expected to achieve internal drainage with the use of lacrimal probe and crawford silicon tube. METHODS A pr...

Abstract Concretions of the lacrimal drainage system can cause dacryocystitis. In present study, our patient developed dacryocystisis with concretions a white soft mass. Rebamipide ophthalmic suspension had been applied for treatment dry eye. To evaluate pathogenic mechanism case, histological and chemical studies were performed. Our case was woman in her seventies. She medical history rheumato...

Emergence of Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), though reported less frequently , is a serious matter of concern. It perhaps indicates the impending development and spread of VRSA posing the greatest risk to the patients and threat to the clinicians and microbiologists alike. Article by Chaudhary et al (2010) is interestin...