Purpose To report a series of 15 primary lacrimal sac tumours and present an algorithm in managing this rare condition. Design Noncomparative interventional case series. Methods A retrospective ...

Under normal conditions, tears in the eyes are drained into the lacrimal sac through small openings called the upper and lower puncta located at the inner corner of the eye (called medial canthus).

The lacrimal system, he said, is a three-compartment model composed of lacrimal lake, lacrimal sac and nasal space. Two areas of high-resistance flow join these three compartments. In the majority ...

and drains into the lacrimal sac. The lower lacrimal drainage system consists of the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct; the nasolacrimal duct drains below into the inferior meatus of the nose.

into the lacrimal sac. The lacrimal sac is between the eye and the nose. It funnels tears into the nasal cavity through the nasolacrimal duct. If the nasolacrimal duct is blocked, it can cause tearing ...

It may be due to the spread of a sinus infection, injury, hematogenous seeding of the area or, as in this case, spread beyond an infection within the lacrimal sac, likely with the help of picking ...

(b) The mucous nasolacrimal duct and the lacrimal sac are elevated from the bony nasolacrimal canal and the orbital periosteum. The nasolacrimal duct is then severed at the lower end.

This sac is called the lacrimal sac and is a part of the tear duct system. The tear ducts, also called the nasolacrimal ducts, are tubes in the lower and upper eyelids that drain the liquid from ...

They then drain through holes in the eyelids (puncta) into canals, which transport them to a sac (lacrimal sac) on the side of the nose. From there, they move into a duct that empties them into ...

Atropine sulfate 1%; oph soln; contains benzalkonium chloride. Compress lacrimal sac by digital pressure for 2–3 minutes after instillation to avoid excessive systemic absorption. Uveitis ...