A 15-year-old girl from a village near Pekan town was presented to the clinic accompanied by her parents. The girl had a 5-day history of tearing from her right eye associated with itching. She had visited another general practice (GP) clinic 2 days earlier where she was given some eye drops. None of her family members or contacts had conjunctivitis. There was no history of swelling, trauma, in...

A 50-year-old man presented with progressive enlargement of a right medial canthal mass for 5 years. The patient subsequently noted epiphora of 6-month duration on the affected side. An anterior orbitotomy was performed, which uncovered a well-circumscribed mass in the lacrimal sac. Histologic sections of the mass revealed an angioleiomyoma. Following complete excision, the epiphora resolved an...

Dacryostenosis is an obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct and is the most common cause of epiphora and ocular discharge in newborns. Whereas most cases resolve spontaneously, invasive treatment may become necessary if symptoms persist past age 6 to 12 months. In the present case, a 9-month-old boy with persistent dacryostenosis was scheduled for lacrimal duct probing after first-line treatments...

To report a rare case of a 19 year old female presenting with bilateral dacryocele and punctal and canalicular agenesis without epiphora. After clinical and radiological examination, the patient was found to have bilateral lacrimal gland agenesis as well. No other dental, otological or systemic abnormality suggestive of lacrimo-auricular-dento-digital syndrome was detected. She was managed with...