Maden Ahmet, Yilmaz Safiye, Ture Melih
Department of Ophthalmology, Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Orbit. 2008;27(1):69-72. doi: 10.1080/01676830601174619.
Hereditary lacrimal fistula is a rare developmental anomaly. We report three patients with congenital lacrimal fistulae in the same family. Only one of our cases had bilateral lacrimal fistula while two had unilateral lacrimal fistulae. No other systemic or ocular anomaly was found in the affected subjects. In the absence of significant symptoms, we did not feel the necessity of any treatment for these lacrimal fistulae. The presence of a lacrimal fistula is an indication for the search for a variety of systemic and ocular associations in affected patients.
遗传性泪腺瘘是一种罕见的发育异常。我们报告了同一家庭中的3例先天性泪腺瘘患者。我们的病例中仅1例为双侧泪腺瘘，2例为单侧泪腺瘘。在受影响的个体中未发现其他全身或眼部异常。由于没有明显症状，我们认为无需对这些泪腺瘘进行任何治疗。泪腺瘘的存在提示应对受影响患者寻找各种全身和眼部关联情况。
