Background: External Dacryocystorhinostomy was surgical procedure for the treatment of complete nasolacrimal duct obstruction in adults before the endoscopic dacryocystorhinosotomy. This study was done evaluate the rate of success of Endo DCR procedure in patients with chronic Dacryocystitis. Methods: The study was carried out in MGM Hospital Warangal and 60 pa ents were selected for the proced...

Objective: Endoscopic endonasal DCR is a well established technique but, there has been considerable debate in the literature about the size of the neo-ostium made during the surgery. Materials: Between September 2005 and February 2008, 22 patients (30 sides) with persistant epiphora and/or chronic dacryocystitis underwent endoscopic DCR. They were 8 males and 14 females aged between 21 and 58 ...

Purpose Primary lacrimal canaliculitis (PLC) is a unique disorder which often gets misdiagnosed by the general as well as speciality-trained ophthalmologists. Elderly patients with history of chronic or recurrent epiphora with discharge, often get mislead towards chronic dacryocystitis. The aim of our report is to discuss the misleading diseases in our PLC patients and to revisit this hidden di...

PURPOSE To report the case of a silastic sheet that was found during an endoscopic transnasal dacryocystorhinostomy for treatment of acute dacryocystitis with necrosis of the lacrimal sac. METHODS A thirty-two year old male presented with painful swelling on the nasal side of his left lower lid two weeks prior to visiting this clinic. Fourteen years ago, the patient was involved in a traffic ...

BACKGROUND Lacrimal sac tumors are very rare and are often missed because patients present with features consistent with chronic dacryocystitis. Squamous cell carcinoma is the common-est lacrimal sac malignancy. Although primary mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the lacrimal sac are rare, they are locally aggressive. Furthermore, their proximity to vital structures and the skull base makes them pote...

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic dacryocystitis is commonly treated with dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). The aim of the study was to analyzed clinical profile patients suffering from distal Nasolacrimal duct (NLD) blockage and outcomes EnDCR without stenting in chronic dacryocystitis. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong&gt...

The merit of a scientific writing is high only when it disseminates the new knowledge in a universally accepted and logical manner. I, with great interest, have read a paper entitled “Bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility of adult chronic dacryocystitis” by Chaudhary et al (2010). This paper of writing has raised few concerns after reading it and compelled me to bring the issues to the ...