Sarcoid-related dacryoadenitis following treatment with interferon alpha and ribavarin for hepatitis C

Orbit

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-29

  Morley, Ana M S ^a   O'Sullivan, Eoin ^b   Thaung, Caroline ^c   Malhotra, Raman ^a  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dacryoadenitis; Hepatitis; Interferon; Lacrimal gland; Orbit; Sarcoid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CARBIMAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOADENITIS; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551544200     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01676830.2010.535951     Document Type: Article

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