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
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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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author Alwohaib, Manar
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Al Shaikh, Osama
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description 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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spelling pubmed-57174932017-12-11 Isolated bilateral congenital lacrimal gland agenesis – Report of two cases Alwohaib, Manar Schellini, Silvana Artioli Elkhamary, Sahar M. Al Shaikh, Osama Saudi J Ophthalmol Case Report 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. Elsevier 2017 2017-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5717493/ /pubmed/29234229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2017.04.008 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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