Isolated bilateral congenital lacrimal gland agenesis – Report of two cases

Congenital lacrimal gland agenesis, also called congenital alacrima, is a rare cause of dry eye and is characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of lacrimal glands. We present two 5-year old children with congenital lacrimal gland agenesis. The two cases had the final diagnosis of isolated bilateral co...

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Autores principales: Alwohaib, Manar, Schellini, Silvana Artioli, Elkhamary, Sahar M., Al Shaikh, Osama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2017.04.008
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Sumario:Congenital lacrimal gland agenesis, also called congenital alacrima, is a rare cause of dry eye and is characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of lacrimal glands. We present two 5-year old children with congenital lacrimal gland agenesis. The two cases had the final diagnosis of isolated bilateral congenital lacrimal gland agenesis and we document the clinical aspects, treatment and present a literature review related to this rare condition.

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