Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
- Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
Par·i·naud's oc·u·lo·glan·du·lar syndrome .par-i-'nōz-.äk-yə-lō-'glan-jə-lər- n conjunctivitis that is often unilateral, is usu. characterized by dense local infiltration by lymphoid tissue with tenderness and swelling of the preauricular lymph nodes, and is usu. associated with a bacterial infection (as in cat scratch disease and tularemia)
called also Parinaud's conjunctivitis
Pa·ri·naud pȧ-rē-nō Henri (1844-1905)
French ophthalmologist. In 1889 Parinaud described an infectious tuberculous conjunctivitis that can be transmitted from animals to humans. This conjunctivitis is now known as Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome.
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