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Emerging Function of Prolactin-Inducible Protein-Is This Important Tear Protein Found in Alzheimer's Disease? [PDF]
CellsAlzheimer’s disease is characterized by a chronic, long-term neurodegenerative process and an increasing need for easily accessible biomarkers that enable early diagnosis and disease monitoring. For this reason, tears have attracted growing interest as a
Chmiel J +3 more
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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 +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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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 +4 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 +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 +5 more
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Androgen receptor-positive ductal adenocarcinoma of the nasolacrimal duct: A case report
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2017 Purpose: Primary ductal adenocarcinoma arising in the structures of the lacrimal apparatus is extremely rare, and the entity is considered a lacrimal counterpart of salivary duct carcinoma, of which the majority are known to express androgen receptor (AR)
In Ah Park +3 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 +6 more
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