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 increasing severity. The only history of injury that could be obtained was of a blow on the right eyebrow region many years previously and there had been no episodes suggesting inflammation in the lacrimal sac area. There was no associated nasal catarrh and no relevant family history.