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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;29(6):433-4.
doi: 10.3341/kjo.2015.29.6.433. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Lacrimal Intrasaccal Cyst

Ju-Hyang Lee  1 , Sunisa Sintuwong  2 , Yoon-Duck Kim  3 , Kyung In Woo  3
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Case Reports

Lacrimal Intrasaccal Cyst

Ju-Hyang Lee et al. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2015 Dec.
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Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. (A,B) Computed tomographic dacryocystography (DCG) demonstrates an ovoid soft tissue mass (arrowhead) anterior to the lacrimal passage (arrow) in the lacrimal sac fossa (case 1). (C) DCG reveals a filling defect in the lacrimal sac without passage disturbance of the dye (arrow) (case 1). (D) The wall of the cystic mass is lined with pseudostratified columnar and cuboidal epithelium (arrowhead), which is infiltrated with inflammatory cells, sharing with the normal lacrimal sac (arrow) (H&E, ×100; case 1). (E) A soft tissue mass is shown in the lacrimal sac fossa with bony remodeling. The dacryocystographic dye (arrow) is deviated anteriolaterally by the cystic mass in the lacrimal sac (case 2). (F) DCG showed a deviated lacrimal sac (arrow) by a space-occupying filling defect on the left side (case 2).
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