TY - JOUR
T1 - Acquired capillary hemangioma in the lacrimal sac region
AU - Leroux, Kathleen
AU - den Bakker, Michael A
AU - Paridaens, Dion
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - PURPOSE: To describe two cases of acquired capillary hemangiomas in adults, in the lacrimal sac region.DESIGN: Interventional case reports.METHODS: Review of the history, clinical examination, and pathologic findings.RESULTS: Two patients, an 80-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man, presented with a history of tearing and a slowly growing nodular mass in the lacrimal sac area. Probing and irrigation showed a patent drainage system in both cases. Both lesions were biopsied. Histopathologic examination of the specimens showed capillary hemangiomas.CONCLUSIONS: Capillary hemangiomas in the lacrimal sac area may present with clinical features of more common lesions such as dacryocystitis or mucocele, or rarer lacrimal sac malignancies. They should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis of any nodular lesion in this area in adults, even at a very late age.
AB - PURPOSE: To describe two cases of acquired capillary hemangiomas in adults, in the lacrimal sac region.DESIGN: Interventional case reports.METHODS: Review of the history, clinical examination, and pathologic findings.RESULTS: Two patients, an 80-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man, presented with a history of tearing and a slowly growing nodular mass in the lacrimal sac area. Probing and irrigation showed a patent drainage system in both cases. Both lesions were biopsied. Histopathologic examination of the specimens showed capillary hemangiomas.CONCLUSIONS: Capillary hemangiomas in the lacrimal sac area may present with clinical features of more common lesions such as dacryocystitis or mucocele, or rarer lacrimal sac malignancies. They should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis of any nodular lesion in this area in adults, even at a very late age.
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Eye Neoplasms/pathology
KW - Female
KW - Hemangioma, Capillary/pathology
KW - Humans
KW - Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases/pathology
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
U2 - 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.05.052
DO - 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.05.052
M3 - Article
C2 - 17056377
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 142
SP - 873
EP - 875
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -