Clinical Dacryocystography.

Kim, Moo Hyun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1977;18(4):379-384.
Published online April 1, 1977.

Clinical Dacryocystography.

Moo Hyun Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.

Dacryocystography 의 임상

김무현 ( Moo Hyun Kim )

Abstract

Seventeen cases of chronic dacryocystitis were studied by performing dacryocystography, using Pantepaque or Lipiodol as the dye. The youngest patient was 22 years of age, the oldest 66 years. Two cases were in male sex and remaining twelve were in females. Of these 17 cases, the chronic dacryocystitis was present on both sides in ten cases, on the right side in 4 and on the left side in 3. Daryocystograms showed that: 1. The most common site of obstruction was the neck of the sac(61.5%). 2. The obstruction was total and complete, except one case. 3. The lacrimal sac shown by dacryocystography as follows: a) a large sac with atony suggesting several years of suppurative inflammation. b) a samll shrunken sac suggesting several years of mild inflammation. c) normal sized sac with irregular outline suggesting recent acute exacervation of the disease. d) normal sized sac suggesting short duration of chronic mild inflammation. 4. Two cases of fistula and one case of diverticulum were observed. 5. There were nonvisualization of five cases of the lacrimal sac because of obstruction of canaliculi or ampulla.