SYMPTOMATIC EPIPHORA

Management of childhood epiphora.

AIMS To examine the effectiveness of a management protocol for childhood epiphora using a joint ophthalmological and otolaryngological team approach. METHOD A temporally defined retrospective study of 70 children (92 eyes) undergoing surgery for persistent epiphora, despite two previous technically successful probing procedures. All the operations involved a joint approach involving a paediat...

Unusual causes of epiphora.

Case IX, a 54-year-old female, presented with a history of unilateral epiphora of 7 years' duration. There was no history of injury or of inflammation and the exact date of onset could not be determined. There was, however, a long history of chronic irritation for which drops of various kinds had been instilled over a period of many years. She had been seen previously when, after lacrimal syrin...

Unilateral epiphora in an adolescent.

A 15-year-old girl from a village near Pekan town was presented to the clinic accompanied by her parents. The girl had a 5-day history of tearing from her right eye associated with itching. She had visited another general practice (GP) clinic 2 days earlier where she was given some eye drops. None of her family members or contacts had conjunctivitis. There was no history of swelling, trauma, in...

Epiphora and the bony naso-lacrimal canal.

IT is possible to obtain a radiographic view of the naso-lacrimal canal "end-on" by directing a beam of x-rays down the axis of the canal to a film held horizontally in the mouth: the centre of the film is placed near the site of the first molar tooth (Brunetti, 1930; Kopylow, 1930; Toth, 1933), or the second pre-molar. Examples of such radiographs are shown in Figs 1, 2, and 3. The present inv...

SCIENTIFIC REPORT Management of childhood epiphora