Abstract
We report a case of 61-year-old lady who presented with signs and symptoms of acute dacryocystitis, preseptal and facial cellulitis secondary to carbimazole induced agranulocytosis. Her condition was complicated by sepsis whereby she was admitted for intravenous antibiotics, subcutaneous Filgrastim administration and surgical intervention.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.17(4) 2018 p.678-679
Highlights
Agranulocytosis literally means total absence of granulocytes and some studies defined it using calculated absolute neutrophil count (ANC) with different reference levels1-3
Summary: We report a case of 61-year-old lady who presented with signs and symptoms of acute dacryocystitis, preseptal and facial cellulitis secondary to carbimazole induced agranulocytosis
Her condition was complicated by sepsis whereby she was admitted for intravenous antibiotics, subcutaneous Filgrastim administration and surgical intervention
Summary
Agranulocytosis literally means total absence of granulocytes and some studies defined it using calculated absolute neutrophil count (ANC) with different reference levels (ie: ANC
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