A Case of Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction after Two-Jaw Surgery.
10.3341/jkos.2013.54.5.794
- Author:
Wan Seok KANG
1
;
Min AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. ahnmin@jbnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Epiphora;
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction;
Two-jaw surgery
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases;
Nasolacrimal Duct;
Orbit
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2013;54(5):794-797
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To describe a case of nasolacrimal duct obstruction after two-jaw surgery. CASE SUMMARY: A 22-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of epiphora after two-jaw surgery. Orbital CT showed 5 mm of focal soft tissue at the level of the distal nasolacrimal duct. Dacryocystography showed complete obstruction at the nasolacrimal duct level. Thus a nasolacrimal duct obstruction was diagnosed by physical and radiologic examination. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with epiphora who have undergone two-jaw surgery, precise examination and treatment is required in order to exclude nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
