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Ocular bacillary angiomatosis in an immunocompromised man
Meltzer A Murray1, Katherine J Zamecki, Joseph Paskowski
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; and †Weill Cornell Department of Ophthalmology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract:
An immunocompromised man presented with an inflammatory eyelid lesion. Biopsy was performed; histopathology and special staining confirmed a diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis. The man was treated with oral erythromycin, and the lesion resolved. The etiologic agents of bacillary angiomatosis are Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, Gram-negative coccobacilli. The organisms stain positively with the Warthin-Starry silver stain. Lesions can be cutaneous or visceral and have been commonly described in immunocompromised patients. Histopathologic examination of lesions reveals angiogenesis and cellular proliferation. Bacillary angiomatosis can be treated with oral antibiotics.
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