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Abnormal lacrimal duct morphology

MedGen UID:
346938
Concept ID:
C1858567
Anatomical Abnormality; Finding
Synonym: Lacrimal duct abnormalities
 
HPO: HP:0011481

Definition

An abnormality of the lacrimal duct, a duct that drain tears from the conjunctiva, via the lacrimal puncta, into the lacrimal sac. [from HPO]

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PubMed

Sasaki T, Matsumura N, Miyazaki C, Kamao T, Yokoi N, Fujimoto M, Hayami M, Iwasaki A, Mimura M, Murata A, Nakayama T, Shinomiya K, Tanaka H, Ueta Y; Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Clinical Guideline Preparation Team; Committee for Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Clinical Guideline
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Etiology

Ali MJ
Prog Retin Eye Res 2023 Sep;96:101193. Epub 2023 Jul 1 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2023.101193. PMID: 37394093
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Diagnosis

Zhao Z, Allen RC
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Therapy

Ali MJ
Prog Retin Eye Res 2023 Sep;96:101193. Epub 2023 Jul 1 doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2023.101193. PMID: 37394093
Periman LM, Perez VL, Saban DR, Lin MC, Neri P
J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2020 Apr;36(3):137-146. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1089/jop.2019.0060. PMID: 32175799Free PMC Article
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Prognosis

Stewart CM, Luthert PJ, Rose GE
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 May/Jun;35(3):247-250. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001217. PMID: 30234834
Whittington A, Stein S, Kenner-Bell B
Pediatr Dermatol 2016 Sep;33(5):e322-6. Epub 2016 Jul 28 doi: 10.1111/pde.12938. PMID: 27469932
Lelli GJ Jr, Maher EA, Milite JP, Dyleski R
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2008 Nov-Dec;24(6):499-501. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31818b6e57. PMID: 19033859
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Clinical prediction guides

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Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2008;106:100-15; discussion 115-6. PMID: 19277226Free PMC Article
Yuen SJ, Oley C, Sullivan TJ
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Recent systematic reviews

Eshraghi B, Babaei L, Moradi M, Chaibakhsh S, Aghajani A
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024 Jul;262(7):1993-2004. Epub 2023 Dec 7 doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06318-4. PMID: 38059998
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