PURPOSE Dacryoscintigraphy is widely known to be an effective modality in diagnosing abnormalities of the lacrimal system that cause epiphora (pathological overflow of tear). However, dacryoscintigraphy rarely serves beyond the simple diagnostic use for lacrimal duct obstruction. In our study, dacryoscintigraphy results of patients with functional lacrimal duct obstruction are newly classified ...

PURPOSE To investigate the diagnostic effectiveness of dacryoscintigraphy in children with tearing; to evaluate tear clearance rate as a diagnostic factor of dacryoscintigraphy in children with tearing; and to analyze the results of treatment according to dacryoscintigraphic findings in children with tearing. METHODS Between January 2010 and April 2014, 176 eyes of 88 children with tearing (4...

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate distal occlusions accompanying punctal stenosis, which can lead impaired nasolacrimal drainage in patients with using radionuclide imaging. Material and Methods: study enrolled 42 who had unilateral stenosis experienced epiphora on the same side. None of previously undergone surgical intervention for this condition. Ophthalmological examination results w...

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...

Purpose: To compare the results of lacrimal syringing performed in clinical practice and under general anesthesia, efficacy anesthesia before endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy dacryoscintigraphy.Methods: The study included 148 eyes 82 patients who underwent silicone tube intubation from August 2018 to April 2019. were examined with re‐examined anesthesia. Based on change syringing, assigned inco...

Abstract Background Radioactive iodine 131 (I-131) is used in the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy; however, its accumulation non-thyroidal regions may give false positive results on whole body scan (WBS). Only a few cases radioiodine uptake orbital region patients with have been reported, which could be due to metastasis or causes resulting from contamination infl...

Background: Epiphora and dacryocystitis following nasolacrimal duct obstruction are considered as two widely common complaints among the patients and dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the treatment choice for such conditions. Objective: To determine success rate of DCR with endoscopic and mechanical techniques. Methods: In this prospective analytic study 67 patients were operated during 2000-2003....