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Case Reports
. 1977 Dec;84(6):806-9.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(77)90501-3.

Pityrosporum species associated with dacryoliths in obstructive dacryocystitis

J R Wolter
Case Reports

Pityrosporum species associated with dacryoliths in obstructive dacryocystitis

J R Wolter. Am J Ophthalmol. 1977 Dec.

Abstract

Two dacryoliths removed from the obstructed and enlarged lacrimal sac of a 54-year-old woman during dacryocystorhinostomy were found to contain filamentous forms consistent with Pityrosporum orbiculare. To my knowledge, this fungus has not been observed before in a dacryolith or in dacryocystitis.

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