dacryoadenitis

Introduction

inflammation of the lacrimal gland

Etiology

• acute dacryoadenitis
  • bacterial infection
    • Staphylococcus
    • Neisseria gonorrhea
  • viral infection
    • mumps
    • Epstein-Barr virus
• chronic dacryoadenitis
  • sarcoidosis
  • Graves ophthalmopathy
  • orbital pseudotumor

Pathology

• inflammatory enlargement of the lacrimal gland

Clinical manifestations

• outer eyelid edema, erythema, tenderness
• ocular pain
• excess lacrimation
• preauricular lymphadenopathy

Diagnostic procedures

• biopsy if rule out tumor is indicated

Radiology

• computed tomography may be indicated for diagnosis in difficult cases

Complications

• visual impairment from edema

Differential diagnosis

• malignancy of lacrimal gland

Management

• rest & warm compressed for viral dacryoadenitis
• other treatments specific to etiology

More general terms

• lacrimal apparatus disease; lacrimal gland disease
• inflammation

Additional terms

• lacrimal gland