Oculoplasty · Dacryocystitis

Ruptured mucocele

Mucoceles are benign expansive cystic formations, composed of a mucus-secreting epithelium (respiratory or pseudostratified epithelium). Nasolacrimal mucocele occurs in a small proportion of children with nasolacrimal duct obstruction and is characterized by a cystic mass in the medial canthus with dilation of the nasolacrimal duct; although dacryocystoceles are rare in adults, they have been reported in patients with trachoma. Conservative treatment of dacryocystocele is based on a short course of topical antibiotics, warm compresses, and local massage three times a day, with a reported resolution rate of 76%. Dacryocystorhinostomy is a surgery commonly performed, in which a fistula is created between the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity to relieve the epiphora caused by NLDO.

Contributed byDr. Mohammed Arif KaderiResident, JNMC, Wardha

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