Isolated tubercular dacryoadenitis in a non-immunocompromised healthy adult
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2023-09
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Abstract
A middle-aged woman presented with a slowly enlarging mass in the right superotemporal orbit and ptosis. The patient had an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and incisional biopsy showed granulomatous inflammation with Langhan's giant cells suggestive of a tubercular etiology. Tuberculin skin test was negative. The patient responded well to anti-tuberculous therapy. Tubercular dacryoadenitis is a rare presentation of a lacrimal gland mass.
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Lacrimal gland, orbital, tuberculosis
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Jossy A, Kaviyapriya N, Kasturi N, Rekha J S.. Isolated tubercular dacryoadenitis in a non-immunocompromised healthy adult. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2023 Sept; 66(3): 608-610