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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a rare but severe complication during dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). Understanding the details of the anatomy of the lacrimal drainage system and skull base is essential to avoid this complication.
Shinjiro Kono +6 more
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Lacrimal Sac Tumors: A Single-institution Experience, Including New Insights. [PDF]
Background/Aim: Lacrimal sac tumors are rare tumor types, with a long time interval from disease onset to diagnosis. We aimed to investigate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with lacrimal sac tumors.
Wakasaki T +8 more
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Ectopic dacryops mimicking a lacrimal sac tumor: A case report and literature review [PDF]
Purpose: To report a rare case of dacryops found within the lacrimal sac, which mimicked a lacrimal sac tumor. Observations: An adult female patient presented with epiphora and chronic swelling of the lacrimal sac, initially raising concerns for a ...
Abdulrahman Alfarhan +5 more
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Heterotopic Ossification Originating from the Lacrimal Sac of a Child: A Case Report [PDF]
Purpose: We present a case of hemolacria, which emerged as an unusual mass in the lacrimal sac. Case Report: A nine-year-old girl presented with intermittent unilateral hemolacria and episodes of dacryocystitis with no further remarkable medical or ...
Behzad Khademi +2 more
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Recurrent Oncocytoma of the Lacrimal Sac
Oncocytoma of the lacrimal sac is an extremely rare tumor. In this report, we present the case of an 82-year-old woman who presented with swelling in the region of the lacrimal sac.
Faris Almutairi +5 more
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Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic mucocutaneous granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, involving primarily the nose and nasopharynx. Very rarely, the disease can affect the lacrimal sac. Here we report a 35-year-old male patient who had rhinosporidial involvement of the nose 5 years ago, for which he underwent endoscopic nasal surgery ...
Pradipta Kumar Parida +3 more
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Bacterial 16S rRNA gene alterations in the conjunctival sac and lacrimal sac in chronic dacryocystitis [PDF]
Purpose: Dysbiosis of the microbial community in the lacrimal sac has been associated with the occurrence and development of chronic dacryocystitis.
Jie Chen +4 more
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Background Primary lacrimal sac melanoma is an extremely rare condition with fewer than 50 cases reported so far. Clinically, its symptoms resemble those of dacryocystitis, leading to frequent misdiagnosis.
Ju-Wei Shao +5 more
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Malignant Lacrimal Sac Tumours—Review of the Literature and Report of Own Experience [PDF]
Background and Objectives: Tumours of the lacrimal drainage system are rare and most located in the lacrimal sac. The authors of this study aimed to conduct a literature review to find out which malignant tumours most often occurred in the lacrimal sac ...
Olga Karłowska-Bijak +4 more
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Transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac: A clinico-pathological case study
Tumors of the lacrimal sac are rarely encountered in clinical practice. The importance of recognizing this entity lies in the fact that the majority of the lacrimal sac tumors turn out to be malignant and thereby potentially life-threatening.
Bipasha Mukherjee +3 more
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