Dramatic improvement ensued with shrinkage of both lacrimal glands and cervical lymphadenopathy. Unfortunately, the transplanted kidney underwent rejection, necessitating its removal. The patient remains well on dialysis with no recurrence of PTLD. [nature.com]

Case Report A 7-year-old West African male patient had presented with multiple cervical lymphadenopathies in his native country at the age of 1 year. [ajnr.org]

Cervical lymphadenopathy was noted bilaterally. Diagnosis A CT of the orbits was obtained that revealed increased attenuation and enlargement of the lacrimal glands bilaterally. [reviewofophthalmology.com]

Under oncology supervision, the cyclosporin A therapy was withdrawn. However, due to the minimal response, treatment with monoclonal anti-CD20 (Rituximab, Roche) was started. [nature.com]

Lacrimal Gland Removal on Squirrel Monkey Cornea 619 Lacrimal Fibroblastic Cells 625 Effects of Chronic Hypertonic Stress on Regulatory Volume Increase 637 A Unified Theory of the Role of the Ocular Surface in Dry Eye 643 Human Tear Film Components Bind Pseudomonas [books.google.com]

– Pseudomonas. – Moraxella. – Neisseria gonorrhoeae. – Treponema pallidum. – Mycobacterium leprae. – Mycobacterium tuberculosis. – Borrelia burgdorferi. – Diptheroids. – Micrococcus. [aimu.us]

Pseudomonas dacryoadenitis secondary to a lacrimal gland ductule stone. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 1997;13(2):135-8. 10. Bekir NA, Gungor K. Bilateral dacryoadenitis associated with brucellosis. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1999;77(3):357-8. 11. [reviewofophthalmology.com]

Etiology Acute (ICD-9: 375.32) Lacrimal stenosis that results in secondary acute and severe infection Commonly cultured bacteria are Gram positive ( Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae ) and Gram negative ( Pseudomonas [entokey.com]