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Prolactin Inducible Protein, but Not Prolactin, Is Present in Human Tears, Is Involved in Tear Film Quality, and Influences Evaporative Dry Eye Disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeDecreased production of the aqueous component of the tear film is an important cause of the development of dry eye disease (DED). Tear production is influenced by hormones and hormone-like factors.
Katharina Jüngert, Friedrich Paulsen, Christina Jacobi, Christina Jacobi, Jutta Horwath-Winter, Fabian Garreis   +5 more
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Large Number of Eyelashes in the Lacrimal Sac Found by Dacryoendoscopy: A Case Report

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2023
Foreign objects sometimes enter the lacrimal sac. Here, we report the case of a patient with many comb-shaped eyelashes in the lacrimal sac and discuss the potential of using dacryoendoscopy to detect and remove foreign bodies from the lacrimal apparatus.
Akemi Iwasaki, Yoichi Manabe
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Congenital Lacrimal Fistula in a Seven-Year-Old Female: A Rare Cause of Epiphora [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Congenital lacrimal fistulas are rare epithelium-lined tracts that tend to have a direct communication between skin and the lacrimal drainage system. These are benign developmental abnormalities, that may require no treatment.
Praveena Kher, Jigna Motwani
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Refractory Dry Eye Syndrome after Transconjunctival Excision of the Palpebral Lobe of the Lacrimal Gland

Medicina, 2021
The aim of the present study was to report two cases of refractory dry eye syndrome (DES) after transconjunctival excision of the palpebral lobe of the lacrimal gland.
Yong-Jae Lee, Han-Sol Choi, Seong-Jun Park, Hae-Jung Sun, Sun-Young Jang   +4 more
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Efficacy of mitomycin C in modified transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of mitomycin C in anatomical and functional success after modified transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: A prospective, double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled study compared the effect of
Eduardo Damous Feijó, Mirna de Melo Dias, Bruna Angelina Alves de Souza, Juliana Alves Caixeta, Roberto Murillo Limongi, Suzana Matayoshi   +5 more
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Computed tomography in treatment decision making in children with lacrimal drainage disorders

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2014
The impossibility of lacrimal apparatus direct examination impedes the diagnostics of its disorders, particularly in younger children. Modern diagnostic technology, multi-spiral computed tomography (CT), can help to resolve this problem.
M. E. Valyavskaya, A. V. Ovchinnikova, E. Yu. Markova, P. S. Rogatkin   +3 more
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Oftalmomiíase como causa de lesão canalicular Ophthalmomyiasis as a cause of canalicular lesion

Jornal de Pediatria, 2005
OBJETIVO: Miíase é a invasão de tecido humano pela larva de uma mosca da ordem Díptera. O envolvimento ocular não é comum. Lesões do aparelho lacrimal geralmente estão associadas a traumas e raramente são devidas a infestações parasitárias.
Fabio P. Saraiva, José B. V. D. Fernandes, Vivian O. Tomikawa, Patrícia G. Costa, Suzana Matayoshi   +4 more
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Lacrimal sac lymphoma: a case series and literature review [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
AIM: To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of the lacrimal sac lymphoma, which is rare but it is the major type of non-epithelial malignant tumor in the lacrimal sac region.
Feng-Xi Meng, Han Yue, Yi-Qun Yuan, Rui Zhang, Yi-Fei Yuan, Ying-Wen Bi, Jiang Qian   +6 more
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Estudo da anatomia endoscópica da fossa lacrimal guiado por transiluminacão Transillumination-guided study of the endoscopic anatomy of the lacrimal fossa

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2010
A dacriocistorrinostomia é o tratamento de escolha para a obstrução do aparelho lacrimal. No final do século passado, o desenvolvimento da instrumentação endoscópica em cirurgia nasossinusal tornou viável sua realização por via endonasal.
Luiz Artur Costa Ricardo, Marcio Nakanishi, Antonio Sérgio Fava   +2 more
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Proton Beam Therapy in the Treatment of Periorbital Malignancies [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2021
Purpose: Periorbital tumor location presents a significant challenge with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy due to high tumor dose needed in the setting of close proximity to orbital structures with lower ...
Nicholas J. Damico, MD, Anna K. Wu, BS, Michael Z. Kharouta, MD, Tal Eitan, BA, Rajesh Pidikiti, PhD, Frederick B. Jesseph, MS, Mark Smith, PhD, Christian Langmack, PhD, Diana L. Mattson, CMD, Donald Dobbins, CMD, David B. Mansur, MD, Mitchell X. Machtay, MD, Jennifer A. Dorth, MD, Serah Choi, MD, PhD, Min Yao, MD, PhD, Aashish D. Bhatt, MD   +15 more
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