Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face

Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face

Congenital anomaly of nasolacrimal duct is mostly obstructive in nature or is seen in oblique facial clefts. Nasolacrimal duct drain into the inferior meatus in the nose in a normally developed face. We report a rare case of aberrant opening of distal end of nasolacrimal duct into the external skin...

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Main Authors: Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, Nilamani Mohanty, Annada Prasad Patnaik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
ectopic opening
nasolacrimal duct
oblique facial cleft
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.113730
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spelling doaj-bc32c9acf1cd43f6a483b2d3c59bac152020-11-25T03:05:21ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2013-01-01460112412610.4103/0970-0358.113730Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into faceBibhuti Bhusan Nayak0Nilamani Mohanty1Annada Prasad Patnaik2Department of Plastic Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, IndiaCongenital anomaly of nasolacrimal duct is mostly obstructive in nature or is seen in oblique facial clefts. Nasolacrimal duct drain into the inferior meatus in the nose in a normally developed face. We report a rare case of aberrant opening of distal end of nasolacrimal duct into the external skin lateral to the ala of nose in an adult patient. The only case reported so far was in an infant. The patient is a 22 year young male presenting with an opening lateral to the left ala of nose with recurrent discharge and conjunctivitis of left eye. The embryology is also discussed.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.113730ectopic openingnasolacrimal ductoblique facial cleft
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author Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak
Nilamani Mohanty
Annada Prasad Patnaik
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Nilamani Mohanty
Annada Prasad Patnaik
Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
ectopic opening
nasolacrimal duct
oblique facial cleft
author_facet Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak
Nilamani Mohanty
Annada Prasad Patnaik
author_sort Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak
title Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
title_short Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
title_full Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
title_fullStr Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
title_full_unstemmed Rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
title_sort rare case of nasolacrimal duct opening into face
publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
series Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
issn 0970-0358
1998-376X
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Congenital anomaly of nasolacrimal duct is mostly obstructive in nature or is seen in oblique facial clefts. Nasolacrimal duct drain into the inferior meatus in the nose in a normally developed face. We report a rare case of aberrant opening of distal end of nasolacrimal duct into the external skin lateral to the ala of nose in an adult patient. The only case reported so far was in an infant. The patient is a 22 year young male presenting with an opening lateral to the left ala of nose with recurrent discharge and conjunctivitis of left eye. The embryology is also discussed.
topic ectopic opening
nasolacrimal duct
oblique facial cleft
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.113730
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