Every lid swelling is not stye: A rare presentation of scrub typhus eschar.
Med J Armed Forces India
; 79(Suppl 1): S304-S306, 2023 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
A 17-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of diffuse swelling in her left upper eyelid with preauricular lymphadenopathy for three days. She was diagnosed with a case of hordeolum externum and was treated on the same line. However, during follow-up, she developed a mild- to moderate-grade fever, which did not subside with treatment. On further investigation, her IgM rapid ELISA for Scrub typhus was positive, which was further confirmed by the Weil-Fellix test (OXK=1360). She was treated with systemic doxycycline. Within a week, her fever returned to normal baseline, with resolution of local eye lid swelling, and her black scab was also gone. We have reported a case of scrub typhus as a rare manifestation with lid swelling and subsequently eschar formation on the upper eye lid. The patient was promptly treated with oral antibiotics without any morbidity.
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Med J Armed Forces India
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2023
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Inde