Palpebral Infection with Bacillus Anthracis Complicated Cerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Diagnosis Not to be Ignored
Anthrax is an anthropozoonosis caused by Bacillus anthracis, a negative gramme bacillus. Palpebral localization is uncommon in clinical practise and complicates differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 5-year-old girl who presented with an underpalpebral pustule that evolved into peri orbital ulceration with necrosis, making palpebral localization of anthrax suspect.
Summary: Charbon disease is an anthropozoonose caused by a Gram-negative bacillus known as Bacillus anthracis. Palpebral affliction is uncommon in clinical practise and poses a diagnostic challenge. In this case, a young girl of 5 years old presented with a pustule under her arm that evolved into a periorbitaire ulcération with necrose, leading to the suspicion of a palpebral localization of charbon disease
Author (S) Details
Younes Oujidi
Anaesthesia and Resuscitation Service, Hospital University Mohammed VI of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco.
Amine Bensaid
Anaesthesia and Resuscitation Service, Hospital University Mohammed VI of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco.
Imane El melhaoui
Radiology Department, Hospital University Mohammed VI of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco.
Houssam Bkiyar
Anaesthesia and Resuscitation Service, Hospital University Mohammed VI of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco.
Brahim Housni
Anaesthesia and Resuscitation Service, Hospital University Mohammed VI of Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco.
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