Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
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Related to Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome: oculoglandular tularemia
Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
[per′ənōz]
Etymology: Henri Parinaud, French ophthalmologist, 1844-1905
a term often used to refer to conjunctivitis that is usually unilateral, follicular, and followed by enlargement of the preauricular lymph nodes and tenderness. The syndrome is caused by a wide range of tularemia, cat-scratch fever, and lymphogranuloma venereum. Also called Parinaud's ophthalmoplegia.
Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
Conjunctivitis with palpable preauricular lymph nodes.
See also: Parinaud, Henri
Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
cat-scratch disease.