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Case Reports
. 1979 Apr;63(4):259-62.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.63.4.259.

Herpetic canalicular obstruction

D J Coster, R A Welham
Case Reports

Herpetic canalicular obstruction

D J Coster et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1979 Apr.

Abstract

Viral infection is a common cause of acquired obstruction of the lacrimal canalicular system. A series of 20 patients with canalicular obstruction attributable to infection with herpes simplex is reported, and 1 case is described in detail.

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