Objective. To compare pre- and postoperative characteristics and surgical success rates of patients with and without previous episodes of dacryocystitis, who underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). Methods.
Gilad Rabina +3 more
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Acute dacryocystitis: two cases reports [PDF]
The adult lacrimal obstruction can be congenital or acquired. In the case of the acquired form, the etiology classifies in not-specific (it involves the coating epithelium and/or the vascular plexus submucosae of the lacrimal duct) and specific ...
Lorena, Silvia Helena Tavares +1 more
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The presentation, clinical features, complications, and treatment of congenital dacryocystocele [PDF]
Purpose To determine the incidence and presenting features of congenital dacryocystocele in the United Kingdom. To report on those cases complicated by dacryocystitis, respiratory compromise, and the treatment undertaken.
AM Mansour +31 more
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Epstein–Barr virus-related dacryocystitis: a case report
Background and objective Acute dacryocystitis is an atypical and rare manifestation of pediatric mononucleosis still widely underdiagnosed in clinical practice.
J. Sternberg +4 more
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Orbital mass secondary to infantile acute lymphoblastic leukaemia [PDF]
An 8-month-old Asian infant girl was referred with a 1-week history of left periorbital swelling on a background of a narrowed left palpebral aperture over the preceding 8 weeks.
Abou-Rayyah, Y +3 more
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VARIANT RADIATION ANATOMY OF THE LACRIMAL SAC AT VISUALIZATION BY CONTRAST-FREE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Objective: to morphometrically estimate normal variations in the sizes of lacrimal sacs on the basis of computed tomography findings to optimize the choice of endoscopic surgical intervention tactics for dacryocystitis. Material and methods. Preoperative
A. N. Ageev +2 more
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The microbiological profile of lacrimal abscess: two decades of experience from a tertiary eye care center [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to exclusively report the microbiological spectrum of lacrimal abscess and the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the organisms.
Milind N Naik +3 more
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Dacryocystitis presenting as post-septal cellulitis: a case report
Dacryocystitis is relatively common, the majority of patients present with pre-septal cellulitis and not an orbital abscess due to anatomical barriers. The authors report a case of dacryocystitis presenting as post-septal cellulitis in a postmenopausal ...
Henney Scott E +3 more
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Thickness of the nasolacrimal duct and the adjacent maxillary bone in different skeletal patterns using MSCT: A retrospective study [PDF]
Objectives: To evaluate the anatomy of the nasolacrimal duct and the adjacent maxillary bone thickness using multislice computed tomography. Methods: Tomographic images of 92 individuals (184 sides) were analyzed according to sex, side, and sagittal ...
Marcelo Oldack Silva dos Santos +5 more
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Dacryocystitis: Is Dacryocystorhinostomy Always the Solution? [PDF]
Mathieu A +7 more
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