Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta
A 40 year old female presented with a history of watering in her left eye for the last 6 months. Her visual acuity was 6/6 bilaterally. On slit lamp examination there were presence of 2 puncta on the left lower lid. One of the punctum was slit like and the other punctum was round. On syringing, it w...
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| author | Smriti Sharma Mandeep Tomar Rajeev Tuli Richa Dhiman Maninder Singh Ankush Sharma |
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| description | A 40 year old female presented with a history of watering in her left eye for the last 6 months. Her visual acuity was 6/6 bilaterally. On slit lamp examination there were presence of 2 puncta on the left lower lid. One of the punctum was slit like and the other punctum was round. On syringing, it was found that both the puncta were patent. Fluorescence dye disappearance test was done which revealed early disappearance of dye from the left eye as compared to the right eye. Dacrocystography was done which showed single patent nasolacrimal duct. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5853b92f6c8a4f76b01f4088d40378302025-08-20T02:10:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842019-04-0129410410510.7869/djo.459Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal PunctaSmriti SharmaMandeep TomarRajeev TuliRicha DhimanManinder SinghAnkush SharmaA 40 year old female presented with a history of watering in her left eye for the last 6 months. Her visual acuity was 6/6 bilaterally. On slit lamp examination there were presence of 2 puncta on the left lower lid. One of the punctum was slit like and the other punctum was round. On syringing, it was found that both the puncta were patent. Fluorescence dye disappearance test was done which revealed early disappearance of dye from the left eye as compared to the right eye. Dacrocystography was done which showed single patent nasolacrimal duct.https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.459double punctawateringsyringing |
| spellingShingle | Smriti Sharma Mandeep Tomar Rajeev Tuli Richa Dhiman Maninder Singh Ankush Sharma Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology double puncta watering syringing |
| title | Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta |
| title_full | Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta |
| title_fullStr | Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta |
| title_short | Accessory Lower Lid Lacrimal Puncta |
| title_sort | accessory lower lid lacrimal puncta |
| topic | double puncta watering syringing |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.459 |
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