Tear Drainage through the Upper Can,liculus in Case of Lower Canalicular ObstruCtion
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 273-278, 1993.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Symptomatic epiphora has been rarely observed in patients jwith only one canaliculus obstruction. The authors experienced 7 cases of only lower canahculus obstruction without epiphora. Tear drainge of these eyes was assessed using dacryoscintigraphy and compared with the comtrol eyes. The measurement of T1/2 valuse, the duration of which a given amount of 99m-Tc-phytate drops to half in the conjunctival fornix was performed. The T1/2 valuse was 368.1 seconds in average in the eye with the lower canaliculus obstruction and 263.3 seconds in the control eyes(p
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Main subject:
Tears
/
Drainage
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Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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