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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
versão On-line ISSN 1025-0255
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SANTANA ALVAREZ, Jorge; ALONSO GARCIA, Alicia; PINEIRO GONZALEZ, Melba e MONTES DE OCA MEGIAS, Elizabeth. Sarcoidosis of the lachrymal gland: Case report. AMC [online]. 2005, vol.9, n.5, pp. 96-101. ISSN 1025-0255.
A case of patients with a tumor in the external superior angle of the orbit, for which he received multiple treatments, is presented. Initially, it was interpreted as a local allergic reaction; it did not respond to the habitual therapy. It was reached to a diagnosis of sarcoidosis of the lachrymal gland, which in this patient, event hough it is a systemic disease, it only affected the gland. So, it should be a plan in each patient with a tumor in the lachrymal fossa. It was reported for the unfrequent localization within the ophthalmologic field.
Palavras-chave : SARCOIDOSIS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; CASE REPORT.