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Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass

Lacrimal sac diverticulum is a rare condition, and its various symptoms complicate differential diagnosis. We present cases of a peculiar type of lacrimal diverticulum. A 5-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman presented with a protruding mass inferior to the medial canthus. Each lacrimal system was...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jung Hoon, Chang, Hae Ran, Woo, Kyung In
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.297
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description Lacrimal sac diverticulum is a rare condition, and its various symptoms complicate differential diagnosis. We present cases of a peculiar type of lacrimal diverticulum. A 5-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman presented with a protruding mass inferior to the medial canthus. Each lacrimal system was patent to irrigation. The masses compressed and distorted the lacrimal passage and had no apparent connection with the lacrimal sac in dacryocystography or computed tomography. Surgical exploration and complete excision of the masses were completed. Each patient had an inverted Y- and an inverted V-shaped multilobular cystic mass that was pathologically confirmed as a lacrimal sac diverticulum. Lacrimal sac diverticula may rarely take the form of a multilobular cyst and can present as a lower lid mass. We speculate that an abnormality in lacrimal embryogenesis resulted in multiple blind pouches, a peculiar type of lacrimal sac diverticulum.
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spelling pubmed-34085362012-08-07 Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass Kim, Jung Hoon Chang, Hae Ran Woo, Kyung In Korean J Ophthalmol Case Report Lacrimal sac diverticulum is a rare condition, and its various symptoms complicate differential diagnosis. We present cases of a peculiar type of lacrimal diverticulum. A 5-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman presented with a protruding mass inferior to the medial canthus. Each lacrimal system was patent to irrigation. The masses compressed and distorted the lacrimal passage and had no apparent connection with the lacrimal sac in dacryocystography or computed tomography. Surgical exploration and complete excision of the masses were completed. Each patient had an inverted Y- and an inverted V-shaped multilobular cystic mass that was pathologically confirmed as a lacrimal sac diverticulum. Lacrimal sac diverticula may rarely take the form of a multilobular cyst and can present as a lower lid mass. We speculate that an abnormality in lacrimal embryogenesis resulted in multiple blind pouches, a peculiar type of lacrimal sac diverticulum. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012-08 2012-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3408536/ /pubmed/22870030 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.297 Text en © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass
title_fullStr Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass
title_full_unstemmed Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass
title_short Multilobular Lacrimal Sac Diverticulum Presenting as a Lower Eyelid Mass
title_sort multilobular lacrimal sac diverticulum presenting as a lower eyelid mass
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.297
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