Dacryocystitis Complicated with Abscess: A Case Report
Published: 2024-02-22
Page: 32-36
Issue: 2024 - Volume 7 [Issue 1]
Lucrèce Joanelle Vydalie Eriga *
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Ricardo Mendes
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Arnaud Hugues Yonli Yempabou
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Keith Adjatin Rolyf Awore
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Fadhloullahi Khidrou Sambou Oumarou
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Yassine Mouzari
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
Abdelbarre Oubaaz
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Militaire D’instruction, Mohammed V-Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: To describe a case of dacryocystitis complicated by an abscess.
Case: This is the case of a 66-year-old patient who had been treated for dacryocystitis for two months, complicated by a recurrent abscess. The Treatment consisted of antibiotic therapy and drainage of the abscess, which progressed well. A dacryocystorhinostomy was performed after infection control.
Keywords: Dacryocystitis, abscess, treatment, dacryocystorhinostomy
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