Re: Ophthalmology--Mucormycosis infection of the lacrimal sac

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well thats pretty interesting, thanks

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> Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec;25(6):494-6.

> Mucormycosis infection of the lacrimal sac.

> Kapur R, Aakalu VK, August CZ, Weiss RA.

> Departments

> of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

> College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, U.S.A.

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> Biopsy

> of the lacrimal sac for patients with primary acquired nasolacrimal

> duct obstruction has been a topic of debate for many years. The authors

> present a case of a 72-year-old immunocompetent woman with a 2-month

> history of epiphora secondary to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. During

> an uneventful dacryorhinocystostomy, a routine lacrimal sac biopsy was

> performed and revealed mucormycosis. After appropriate infectious

> disease consultation, intensive antifungal therapy was given

> uneventfully. The patient has not had any signs of active Mucor

> infection after treatment in 6 months of follow up. This case

> demonstrates the utility of routine lacrimal sac biopsy and stands as

> an example of the potential to miss a serious diagnosis.

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> PMID: 19935261 [PubMed - in process]

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19935261?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.P\

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