pyogenic granuloma of the lacrimal sac

Ampullary pyogenic granuloma as a complication of lacrimal plug migration.

We present a patient with ampullary pyogenic granuloma caused by spontaneous migration of a silicone lacrimal plug. A 43-year-old woman with severely dry eyes was treated with non-absorbable silicone punctal plugs insertion in both superior and inferior puncta. Irritation and purulent discharge gradually developed 3 weeks after implantation. A pink, fleshly ampullary lesion over the left superi...

Cryotherapy in the treatment of Pyogenic Granuloma

Background: Pyogenic granuloma is a benign vascular proliferation that is often related to minor trauma by the patient. Objective: Evaluation of the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of pyogenic granuloma. Patients and Methods: Hundred and forty-six patients with pyogenic granuloma were treated by cryosurgery using liquid nitrogen and cotton tip applicator in an open clinical trial. This...

Applied Endoscopic Anatomical Evaluation of the Lacrimal Sac

Introduction: Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), a popular surgical procedure, has been performed using an endoscopic approach over recent years. Excellent anatomical knowledge is required for this endoscopic surgical approach. This study was performed in order to better evaluate the anatomical features of the lacrimal apparatus from cadavers in the Isfahan forensic center as a sample of the Iranian ...

Carcinoma of the lacrimal sac.

Hemangiopericytoma of the lacrimal sac.

Hemangiopericytoma (HPCT) rarely originates in the lacrimal sac; 7 cases have been reported previously and only 1 contained an ultrastructural study. In this article we report an additional case and review the previous reports. While the initial biopsy specimen showed nonspecific cytologic abnormalities, light and electron microscopic studies on the subsequently excised tumor demonstrated that ...

Diverticulum of the lacrimal sac.

A woman aged 33 was admitted to the Unit on February 17, 1957. She had been referred by Mr. W. E. Heath from the Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Maidstone, where she had attended early in 1955 and again in July, 1956. Her complaint was of a swelling in the right lacrimal region which had slowly increased in size since her first attendance in 1955; recently there had been epiphora of ...