ACUTE DACRYOCYSTITIS, PRESEPTAL CELLULITIS, AND SINUSITIS COMPLICATIONS OF MONONUCLEOSIS

Authors
JOPLIN A AGGER WA
Citation
A. Joplin et Wa. Agger, ACUTE DACRYOCYSTITIS, PRESEPTAL CELLULITIS, AND SINUSITIS COMPLICATIONS OF MONONUCLEOSIS, Annals of ophthalmology, 27(2), 1995, pp. 92-95
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Annals of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034886
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
92 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4886(1995)27:2<92:ADPCAS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The article presents two cases of acute dacryocystitis secondary to mo nonucleosis. Both patients suffered pyogenic bacterial complications o f their dacryocystitis: preseptal cellulitis and sinusitis. In young a dults with dacrocystitis, underlying mononucleosis should be considere d.