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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul 30:53:e35-8.
doi: 10.3928/01913913-20160719-01.

Isolated Bilateral Lacrimal Gland Agenesis

Nosaiba T Al-Ryalat, Jumana W Ezzat, Osama H Ababneh, Saif Aldeen S AlRyalat, Azmy M Al-Hadidy
Case Reports

Isolated Bilateral Lacrimal Gland Agenesis

Nosaiba T Al-Ryalat et al. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. .

Abstract

A 5-year-old boy presented to the ophthalmology department complaining of absent tearing while crying. Slit-lamp examination showed decreased tear margin film with normal punctae. Orbit magnetic resonance imaging was done and showed bilateral absent lacrimal glands. This is the third case of isolated bilateral lacrimal gland agenesis in the literature. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2016;53:e35-e38.].

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