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Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study
INTRODUCTION: the lacrimal gland size is affected by a variety of pathologic conditions like inflammatory, infections, neoplastic, autoimmune and granulomatous disorders. Earlier, the dimensions of the gland were estimated by extracting lacrimal glands from cadavers, later ultrasonography and comput...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37663627 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.71.38213 |
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author | Dalvi, Vrushali Naresh Ambhore, Ashish Dhok, Avinash Parshuram Onkar, Prashant Madhukarrao Mitra, Kajal |
author_facet | Dalvi, Vrushali Naresh Ambhore, Ashish Dhok, Avinash Parshuram Onkar, Prashant Madhukarrao Mitra, Kajal |
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description | INTRODUCTION: the lacrimal gland size is affected by a variety of pathologic conditions like inflammatory, infections, neoplastic, autoimmune and granulomatous disorders. Earlier, the dimensions of the gland were estimated by extracting lacrimal glands from cadavers, later ultrasonography and computed tomography studies were used, but had limited soft tissue differentiation. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data from normal orbits and determine lacrimal gland dimensions. METHODS: five hundred and twelve (512) consecutive MRI brain contrast scans (of 240 females, of 272 males; age range 40±20 years) for non-orbital diseases were evaluated retrospectively. The mean axial length (AL), axial width (AW), coronal length (CL), and coronal width (CW) of each lacrimal gland were measured separately. RESULTS: five hundred and twelve (512) MRI brain contrast scans of 272 men and 240 women, with mean age of 40 ± 20 years were included. Right and left LG dimensions were similar, mean AL (13.2±1.35 mm versus 13.11±1.24 mm), mean AW [3.5±0.99 mm versus 3.3±0.82 mm], mean CL [16.3±2.5 mm versus 16.10±2.4 mm], and mean CW (4.15±0.89 mm versus 4.11±0.85 mm). The AL of both lacrimal glands and the CL and CW of right but not left lacrimal glands were significantly lower in women than in men. Age showed significant correlations with the AL and CL of both LGs. CONCLUSION: in this study, evaluation of normal morphometric parameters of the lacrimal gland in Indian population was established. LG dimensions are smaller in women than men, as well as correlating with side and age. |
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spelling | pubmed-104748172023-09-03 Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study Dalvi, Vrushali Naresh Ambhore, Ashish Dhok, Avinash Parshuram Onkar, Prashant Madhukarrao Mitra, Kajal Pan Afr Med J Short Communication INTRODUCTION: the lacrimal gland size is affected by a variety of pathologic conditions like inflammatory, infections, neoplastic, autoimmune and granulomatous disorders. Earlier, the dimensions of the gland were estimated by extracting lacrimal glands from cadavers, later ultrasonography and computed tomography studies were used, but had limited soft tissue differentiation. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data from normal orbits and determine lacrimal gland dimensions. METHODS: five hundred and twelve (512) consecutive MRI brain contrast scans (of 240 females, of 272 males; age range 40±20 years) for non-orbital diseases were evaluated retrospectively. The mean axial length (AL), axial width (AW), coronal length (CL), and coronal width (CW) of each lacrimal gland were measured separately. RESULTS: five hundred and twelve (512) MRI brain contrast scans of 272 men and 240 women, with mean age of 40 ± 20 years were included. Right and left LG dimensions were similar, mean AL (13.2±1.35 mm versus 13.11±1.24 mm), mean AW [3.5±0.99 mm versus 3.3±0.82 mm], mean CL [16.3±2.5 mm versus 16.10±2.4 mm], and mean CW (4.15±0.89 mm versus 4.11±0.85 mm). The AL of both lacrimal glands and the CL and CW of right but not left lacrimal glands were significantly lower in women than in men. Age showed significant correlations with the AL and CL of both LGs. CONCLUSION: in this study, evaluation of normal morphometric parameters of the lacrimal gland in Indian population was established. LG dimensions are smaller in women than men, as well as correlating with side and age. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10474817/ /pubmed/37663627 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.71.38213 Text en Copyright: Vrushali Naresh Dalvi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Dalvi, Vrushali Naresh Ambhore, Ashish Dhok, Avinash Parshuram Onkar, Prashant Madhukarrao Mitra, Kajal Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title | Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title_full | Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title_fullStr | Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title_full_unstemmed | Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title_short | Normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in Indian adult population: a retrospective study |
title_sort | normal dimensions of the lacrimal gland on magnetic resonance imaging in indian adult population: a retrospective study |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37663627 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.71.38213 |
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