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Dacryoadenitis   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Treatment

Where the underlying diagnosis is known and self-limited, such as mumps, simple rest and warm compresses may be all that is needed. For other causes, the treatment is specific to the causative disease.

Prognosis

Where the underlying diagnosis is known and self-limited, such as mumps, most patients will fully recover. For more serious causative conditions, such as sarcoidosis, the prognosis is that of the underlying condition.

Complications

Swelling may be severe enough to put pressure on the eye and distort vision. Some patients first thought to have dacryoadenitis may turn out to have a malignancy of the lacrimal gland.

Call Your Health Care Provider If:

Call your health care provider if swelling or pain increase despite treatment.

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