A case of aberrant lacrimal gland and fistula.
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چکیده
A case of aberrant lacrimal gland and fistula sited extraorbitally is presented in view of its rare incidence.
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THE discharge of tears from an abnormally placed orifice was first reported by Sir William Mackenzie (1830). In his case the cutaneous orifice lay close to the lacrimal gland and appears to have been a fistula of the lacrimal gland itself. Over fifty years later Moritz (1898) reported a cutaneous orifice discharging tears and placed at some distance from the lacrimal gland complex. This latter ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 73 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989