Endoscopic Excision of Nasolacrimal Duct Cyst
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Author: Vikash Modi
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Specialties: Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Schools: Weill Cornell Medical College
Basic Info
The patient is a 4 week old female infant with right sided epiphora and complete right sided nasal obstruction resulting in respiratory and feeding difficulty. Physical exam demonstrated a right medial canthal mass consistent with a dacrocystocele. Flexible fiberoptic nasal endoscopy demonstrated an anterior nasal mass below the inferior turbinate occluding the entire right nasal cavity consistent with a nasolacrimal cyst. The etiology is obstruction at the level of Hassner's valve.
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