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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Delayed Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of Lacrimal Sac Tumors in Patients Presenting with Epiphora: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes. [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Epiphora, or excessive tearing, is a common symptom often attributed to benign conditions such as dry eye or nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
Chu YC, Tsai CC.
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Impacto da poluição ambiental na superfície ocular de pacientes com síndrome de Sjögren [PDF]
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of air pollution on the ocular surface of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Methods: We investigated the ocular surfaces of thirty patients with Sjögren's syndrome and thirty healthy volunteers (control group) living in ...
Berra, Alejandro +5 more
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Tear fluid biomarkers in ocular and systemic disease: potential use for predictive, preventive and personalised medicine [PDF]
In the field of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine, researchers are keen to identify novel and reliable ways to predict and diagnose disease, as well as to monitor patient response to therapeutic agents.
A Acera +183 more
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Relationship of the anterior ethmoid sinus to the lacrimal sac: a computed tomography study
Objective: To analyze the anatomical relationship between the lacrimal sac and the agger nasi cell on Computed Tomography (CT); to correlate the right and left sides on each scan.
Beatriz de Costa Remor +6 more
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Mucosal and lacrimal flaps for endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR):a systematic review [PDF]
Background: Historically dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) has been performed externally with very good outcomes. Current literature shows comparable success rates between endonasal and external approaches.
Allen +29 more
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Xanthogranuloma of the lacrimal sac as a manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis [PDF]
McGill Univ, Ctr Hlth, Dept Ophthalmol & Pathol, Montreal, PQ H3A 2B4, CanadaHenry C Witelson Ocular Pathol Lab, Montreal, PQ, CanadaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Ophthalmol, UNIFESP, EPM, São Paulo, BrazilMcGill Univ, Ctr Hlth, Dept Ophthalmol,
A Al-Kandari +8 more
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Lacrimal sac squamous cell carcinoma: From resection to prosthetic rehabilitation. A case report
Key Clinical Message There is a lack of consensus and evidence on treatment strategies for lacrimal sac carcinomas. Wide en bloc surgical resection with farther prosthetic rehabilitation could be the treatment option in certain cases.
Anna Poghosyan +7 more
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Purpose: Though rhinosporidiosis of the lacrimal sac is a rare disease across the globe, the frequency with which these patients come to the outpatient department in western Odisha is quite alarming.
Sharmistha Behera +2 more
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Asymptomatic lacrimal flow abnormalities in patients with septal deviations and turbinate hypertrophy [PDF]
Background: This study aimed to investigate the lacrimal flow in patients affected by septal deviations and turbinate hypertrophy and to evaluate changes after rhinoseptoplasty with dacryocystography (DCT) and computed tomographic dacryocystography (CT ...
Bottini, Dj +6 more
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