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Dacryoadenitis

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Most patients will fully recover from dacryoadenitis. For conditions with more serious causes, such as sarcoidosis, the
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may be all that is needed. For other causes, the treatment is specific to the causative disease.
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Chronic dacryoadenitis is usually due to noninfectious inflammatory disorders. Examples include
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Swelling of the outer portion of the upper lid, with possible redness and tenderness
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If the cause of dacryoadenitis is a viral condition such as mumps, simple rest and
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Swelling may be severe enough to put pressure on the eye and distort
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Dacryoadenitis can be diagnosed by examination of the
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Special tests such as a 14: 1971: 1005:Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy 255: 183:will be needed to be sure that a 1110:Central retinal artery occlusion 105: 1115:Branch retinal artery occlusion 844:Terrien's marginal degeneration 1912: 1145:Bietti's crystalline dystrophy 1105:Central retinal vein occlusion 834:Pellucid marginal degeneration 237: 1: 1198:Vitelliform macular dystrophy 1089:Posterior vitreous detachment 955:Persistent pupillary membrane 230: 190: 1685:Leber's congenital amaurosis 1596:Internuclear ophthalmoplegia 1308: 1287:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease 1272:Persistent fetal vasculature 1203:Leber's congenital amaurosis 218: 206: 166: 7: 484:Meibomian gland dysfunction 91:Excess tearing or discharge 76: 10: 1976: 1208:Birdshot chorioretinopathy 1182:Central serous retinopathy 1000:Focal choroidal excavation 873:Corneal neovascularization 690:Subconjunctival hemorrhage 440: 195:Mumps can be prevented by 36:Lacrimal gland(upper left) 1920: 1907: 1878: 1825: 1790: 1750: 1675: 1662: 1613: 1591:Convergence insufficiency 1578: 1519: 1487: 1464: 1434: 1375: 1333: 1320: 1316: 1303: 1232:Primary juvenile glaucoma 1216: 1077:Cytomegalovirus retinitis 1057: 1017: 973: 914: 905: 755: 732: 723: 719: 711: 706: 648: 610: 577: 540: 492: 452: 448: 435: 426:Diseases of the human eye 333: 263: 121: 40: 35: 26: 21: 1101:Ocular ischemic syndrome 140:. Common causes include 1601:One and a half syndrome 1355:Foster Kennedy syndrome 118:of the lacrimal gland. 88:in the area of swelling 1840:Argyll Robertson pupil 640:Periorbital cellulitis 1813:Scintillating scotoma 1479:Kearns–Sayre syndrome 1422:Toxic and nutritional 1395:posterior (PION) 878:Kayser–Fleischer ring 1586:Conjugate gaze palsy 1457:Paralytic strabismus 1390:anterior (AION) 1172:Retinitis pigmentosa 1167:Macular degeneration 940:Intermediate uveitis 856:Keratoconjunctivitis 373:Source (NIH/Medline) 1891:Childhood blindness 1870:Parinaud's syndrome 1440:Extraocular muscles 1228:Ocular hypertension 1192:Epiretinal membrane 1177:Retinal haemorrhage 1032:Congenital cataract 1417:Leber's hereditary 1084:Retinal detachment 1037:Childhood cataract 849:Post-LASIK ectasia 630:Orbital cellulitis 579:Lacrimal apparatus 334:External resources 146:Epstein-Barr virus 1942: 1941: 1938: 1937: 1903: 1902: 1899: 1898: 1845:Marcus Gunn pupil 1821: 1820: 1742:Visual impairment 1609: 1608: 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