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Dacryoadenitis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Dacryoadenitis is usually caused by bacterial or viral infection. Life-threatening causes that should be identified immediately include malignant neoplasms and leukemia, as well as fatal infections conditions such as syphilis and tuberculosis.
Causes
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Lacrimal gland tumors
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Syphilis
- Tuberculosis
Common Causes
- Autoimmune diseases
- Brucellosis
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Epstein-barr virus
- Gonococcus
- Lyme disease
- Measles
- Mumps
- Sjögren syndrome
- Staphyloccus
- Viral infection
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | Measles, Mumps |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | Sjögren syndrome |
| Endocrine | Grave’s disease, Thyroid eye disease |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Lymphoma |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Brucellosis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Cysticercus cellulosae, Epstein-barr virus, Gonococcus, Influenza, Lyme disease, Measles, Mumps, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Staphyloccus, Syphilis, Treponema pallidum, Tuberculosis, Urethritis, Viral infection |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Lacrimal gland tumors, Lymphoma, Orbital pseudotumour |
| Ophthalmologic | Lacrimal gland tumors, Orbital pseudotumour, Thyroid eye disease |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Sarcoidosis, Tuberculosis |
| Renal/Electrolyte | Wegener’s granulomatosis |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Autoimmune diseases, Grave’s disease, Lyme disease, Reactive arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Sjögren syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis |
| Sexual | Chlamydia trachomatis, Syphilis, Treponema pallidum |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | Urethritis |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Autoimmune diseases
- Brucellosis
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Cysticercus cellulosae
- Epstein-barr virus
- Gonococcus
- Grave’s disease
- Influenza
- Lacrimal gland tumors
- Lyme disease
- Lymphoma
- Measles
- Mumps
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Neisseria gonorrhoea
- Orbital pseudotumour
- Reactive arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjögren syndrome
- Staphyloccus
- Syphilis
- Thyroid eye disease
- Treponema pallidum
- Tuberculosis
- Urethritis
- Viral infection
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farman Khan, MD, MRCP [2] Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.