Klodnicka, Katarzyna E. and Ahluwalia, Harpreet. (2011) Chronic dacryocystitis with spontaneous resolution of sac mucocele : fact or fiction. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Vol.27 (No.4). e90-e92. ISSN 0740-9303

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to highlight the rare possibility of spontaneous resolution of a lacrimal sac mucocele by means of a retrospective case note analysis. The authors identified 3 patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction and clinical and radiological evidence of mucocele. In all 3 cases, resolution of symptoms was reported prior to dacryocystorhinostomy. In each case, the mucocele was no longer palpable, and the patency of the nasolacrimal duct was confirmed by sac washout. A lacrimal sac mucocele may rarely rupture in the nose and resolve spontaneously. Although this is a rare outcome, lacrimal surgeons should be aware of this prospect to avoid unnecessary surgery and investigations. The authors recommend that lacrimal surgeons present spontaneous resolution as one of the possible outcomes in their patient information literature.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Dacryocystitis -- Pathogenesis -- Research, Oral mucosa
Journal or Publication Title:	Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISSN:	0740-9303
Date:	July 2011
Volume:	Vol.27
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	e90-e92
Identification Number:	10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181ef746b
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38795

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