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Year: 2015  Vol. 19   Num. 1  - Jan/Mar - (18º)
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366978
Section: Case Report
 
Nasolacrimal Duct Mucocele: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s):
Fernanda Carneiro Corujeira de Britto, Vitor Veloso Rosier, Tovar Vicente Luz, Raquel Crisóstomo Lima Verde, Clara Mônica Figueiredo de Lima, Marcus Miranda Lessa
Key words:
mucocele - nasolacrimal duct - dacryocystorhinostomy
Abstract:

Introduction: Mucoceles are benign expansive cystic formations, composed of a mucus-secreting epithelium (respiratory or pseudostratified epithelium). Nasolacrimal mucocele occurs in a small proportion of children with nasolacrimal duct obstruction and is characterized by a cystic mass in the medial canthus with dilation of the nasolacrimal duct; although dacryocystoceles are rare in adults, they have been reported in patients with trachoma.

Objective: Discuss clinical aspects, diagnosis, and therapeutic management of mucocele of nasolacrimal duct based on literature review.

Resumed Report: The authors report a case of bilateral congenital nasolacrimal duct cysts in a 30-year-old man, identified as a tumor in the topography of both lacrimal sacs since birth without associated symptoms. The patient underwent successive surgical treatments, leading to recurrence of the tumor at the right side and recurrent local infections.

Conclusion: Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy has been increasingly used with good results and success rates similar to the external access.

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