An 83-year-old woman had undergone an external dacryocystorhinostomy with silicone intubation. Before the surgery, no skin lesions were observed on the incision site. Three months after surgery, the patient complained of a brown-to-black pigmented elevation at her previous skin incision site. A punch biopsy of the pigmented mass was performed. The histopathologic findings confirmed the clinical...

Summary Background The aim of this study was to profile patients with simple and complex congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) determine the success rates interventions at a third-level referral center. Methods In retrospective comparative study, medical records CNLDO were reviewed. Demographic data, types CNLDO, surgical approach, type silicone intubation, as well outcome recorded u...

BACKGROUND A number of published comparative studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EN-DCR). However, results have not always been consistent. Therefore, we carried out a meta-analysis to compare the clinical results of EN-DCR with and without MMC. METHODS AND FINDINGS A comprehensive literature ...