| Literature DB >> 19568358 |
Ji Hye Jang1, Sung Dong Chang, Mi Sun Choe.
Abstract
A 44-year-old man presented with a history of chronic epiphora, discharge from the right eye, and a palpable mass in the medial canthal area. Irrigation of the lacrimal system revealed bloody discharge. Orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-defined heterogeneous enhanced mass filling the lacrimal sac and upper nasolacrimal duct (NLD). A wide excision and surgical biopsy were performed. Histopathology showed the tumor to be an exophytic Schneiderian papilloma with moderate to severe dysplasia. Three months later, the mass was found to be invading the nasal cavity through the NLD. Endoscopic histopathological evaluation confirmed that it was identical to the originally identified papilloma.Entities:
Keywords: Lacrimal sac; Recurrent exophytic papilloma; Schneiderian papilloma
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19568358 PMCID: PMC2694284 DOI: 10.3341/kjo.2009.23.2.100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Ophthalmol ISSN: 1011-8942