purpose: to report a case of lacrimal sac lymphoma presenting with nasolacrimal obstruction. patient and findings: a 35-year-old woman presented with epiphoria and swelling of the left lacrimal sac area and cervical lymphadenopathy. she had undergone dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) 6 months before. computed tomography demonstrated a lacrimal sac mass involving the nasal cavity. histopathologic exam...

BACKGROUND Contamination of the conjunctiva in association with nasolacrimal duct obstruction is by all accounts a risk factor for infectious endophthalmitis post-cataract surgery. METHODS All patients who underwent cataract day surgery routinely received nasolacrimal duct syringing with normal saline at the Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Japan, from 2011 to 2013. The microorganisms is...

. PURPOSE Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the standard surgical treatment for adult nasolacrimal duct obstruction. There have been relatively few studies of closed nasolacrimal duct intubation in adults. The aim of this study was to determine rates of anatomic patency following this procedure. METHODS The authors carried out a survey of all patients undergoing closed nasolacrimal duct intuba...

DOS Times Vol. 12, No. 10 April, 2007 Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction is the most common cause of epiphora in children. In the majority of cases, it is due to an obstruction at the lower end of the NLD. The Ophthalmologist should have the throrough understanding of the developmental anatomy, abnormalities of the nasolacrimal system and other congenital disorders for appropriate diagnos...

Observation is a simple and reliable tool with the clinician. The level of tears, position of puncta, lids and eyelashes should be noted. Obstruction of the tear drainage system can be acquired or congenital, it is important to rule out acquired causes of tearing such as corneal, lid or lash abnormalities. Lacrimal obstruction problems can be divided as related to upper (puncta to lacrimal sac)...

purpose : to report a patient with retained broken probe tip in the false passage site after nasolacrimal duct (nld) probing case report : a 18-month-baby with epiphora and a nontender mass in the site of lacrimal sac was visited in clinic. she had a history of probing six months ago by another ophthalmologist. the probing was repeated successfully but the mass size didn’t change. the mass was ...

introduction: this study was done to determine the site of obstruction in lacrimal drainage system in asian patients suffering from epiphora and to determine the transit time taken for the tracer material to reach the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity. methods:dacryoscintigraphy was performed using radionuclide technetium-99m pertechnetate (99mtc) in 34 patients suffering from unilateral or bil...