American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022 Purpose: Radioiodine therapy, a standard treatment for differentiated thyroid carcinomas, is associated with several adverse events including lacrimal drainage system obstruction.
Daniela Inomata +6 more
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Lacrimal duct obstruction after radioiodine therapy: case report and treatment [PDF]
, 2014 Iodotherapy represents the radioactive iodine therapy. The beta radiation emitted by radioactive iodine are particles that will be stored in the thyroid tissue destroying cancer cells that were left after surgery (thyroidectomy).
Lorena, Silvia Helena Tavares +1 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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Characteristic and Correlation Between TIME and Complication After Destructive Eye Procedure Patient at Plastic and Reconstruction Division Sanglah Hospital\u27s Eye Clinic Bali-Indonesia [PDF]
, 2012 Destructive eye procedure can be carried out by enucleation, evisceration and excenteration. Some efforts have been developed to reduce the complications, but it still occur within several years after the operation.
Sukartini, D. (D) +2 more
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, 2018 A 79-year-old female with a history of keratoconjunctivitis sicca presented with several years of epiphora of both eyes. Thirteen years earlier, intracanalicular Herrick lacrimal plugs (Lacrimedics, Eastsound, WA, USA) had been placed in both eyes to ...
Hellman, Justin B +2 more
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Acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction: clinical and histological findings of 275 cases
BMC Ophthalmology, 2022 Background Acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction is a blockage of the lacrimal outflow system usually caused by local nonspecific inflammation of the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct.
Almantas Makselis +7 more
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Radiology Case Reports, 2021 Inverted papilloma originating from the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct is rare, although that in the sinonasal region is a relatively common lesion with local invasion, malignant potential and high recurrence rates after surgery.
Shuichi Ito, MD +5 more
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Sialendoscopic management of autoimmune sialadenitis: a review of literature [PDF]
, 2017 Autoimmune diseases of major salivary glands include Sjögren's syndrome and a complex of disorders classified as immunoglobulin G4-related diseases.
DE VINCENTIIS, Marco +6 more
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Intervention using a novel biodegradable hollow stent containing polylactic acid-polyprolactone-polyethylene glycol complexes against lacrimal duct obstruction disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Lacrimal duct obstruction disease (LDOD) is a common ophthalmologic disease. Stent implantation surgery is one of the most effective therapies. In this study, we intended to find out the satisfactory biodegradable stents containing poly-L-lactic acid ...
Xinyuan Zhan +5 more
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Lacrimal Gland Microenvironment Changes After Obstruction of Lacrimal Gland Ducts
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2022 To investigate microenvironment changes of the lacrimal gland after obstruction of lacrimal gland ducts.The ducts of rat exorbital lacrimal gland were ligated by sutures for different durations. After that, the sutures in some animals were released, and they were observed for 21 days to evaluate the recovery of the lacrimal gland.
He, Xin +9 more
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