Ramyil Alice Venyir, Gupta Shweta, Ali Mohammad Javed, Naik Milind N
Govindram Seksaria Institute of Dacryology, L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad-34, India.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar/Apr;34(2):e45-e46. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001009.
Canaliculops is a noninflammatory ectasia of the canaliculus and so far only 7 histopathologically confirmed cases have been reported worldwide. The authors present a middle aged female with right-sided bicanalicular cystic swellings associated with punctal agenesis. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed a cystic dilatation of the canaliculus and dacryoendoscopy showed a cavity lined by whitish canalicular mucosa, thrown into numerous irregular folds with a blind medial end. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of canaliculops. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first description of a bicanalicular canaliculops and its dacryoendoscopic findings.
泪小管扩张症是泪小管的一种非炎症性扩张，迄今为止，全球仅报告了7例经组织病理学确诊的病例。作者报告了一名中年女性，其右侧双泪小管囊性肿胀并伴有泪点缺如。超声生物显微镜检查显示泪小管囊性扩张，泪道内窥镜检查显示一个由白色泪小管黏膜衬里的腔隙，内有许多不规则皱襞，内侧端为盲端。组织病理学检查确诊为泪小管扩张症。据作者所知，这是双泪小管泪小管扩张症及其泪道内窥镜检查结果的首次描述。
