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Nasolacrimal duct cyst
Disease definition
Nasolacrimal duct cyst describes a unilateral or bilateral congenital cyst of the nasolacrimal duct, which is almost always associated with dacryocystocele, presenting most commonly at birth or a few weeks of age (but rarely presenting in adulthood) as a benign, grayish blue mass in the inferomedial canthus or in the nasal cavity, that can cause epiphora, dacryocystitis (inflammation of the lacrimal sac) and nasal obstruction. It is more commonly reported in females.
ORPHA:141083
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Dacryocele
- Dacryocystocele
- Nasolacrimal mucocele
- Prevalence: Unknown
- Inheritance: Not applicable
- Age of onset: Neonatal, Infancy, Adult
- ICD-10: H04.6
- ICD-11: LA14.12
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0155241
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2015) Français (2015) Italiano (2015) Nederlands (2015) Polski (2017, pdf)
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