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Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor
A 7-month-old Caucasian girl presented with an acquired, spasmodic torticollis to the right side with the head tilted downwards, photophobia and epiphora. Diagnostic work-out revealed a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. The symptoms improved after surgical resection. There is evidence of internuclear connections between cranial nerves II, V and VII acting as important mechanisms in this tr...
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PURPOSE To describe the causes of congenital epiphora in patients with Down syndrome. METHODS Retrospective study of 695 patients with congenital epiphora, of the Lacrimal Sector of the Department of Ophthalmology, São Paulo "Santa Casa", Brazil, between October 1998 and July 2005. This study analyzed: the main symptom of continuous epiphora or mucous discharge, which affected one or both eye...
متن کاملManagement 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...
متن کاملUnusual causes of epiphora.
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متن کاملEpiphora 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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrics & Child Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1205-7088,1918-1485
DOI: 10.1093/pch/4.5.325