Clinical Study
Clinicopathological Features of Dacryolithiasis in Japanese Patients: Frequent Association with Infection in Aged Patients
Table 1
Clinicopathological features of cases of dacryolithiasis.
| | Case no. | Age/sex | Symptoms | Duration | Background | No. of acute dacryocystitis | Location | Pathology/identified microorganisms |
| | 1 | 32/M | Epiphora, pus | 6 years | — | 3 | LS/NLD | Mucinous material | | 2 | 47/M | Epiphora, pus | 1 year | lacrimal endoscopy | 1 | LS | Mucinous and degenerated tissue | | 3 | 53/F | Epiphora, pus | 6 months | — | 0 | LS | Granulation tissue | | 4 | 54/F | Epiphora, pus | 3 years | lacrimal endoscopy | 0 | LS | Proteus material | | 5 | 65/M | Epiphora, pus | 3 years | — | 0 | LS | Aspergillus | | 6 | 65/F | Epiphora, pus | >10 years | — | 0 | LS | Degenerated tissue | | 7 | 68/F | Epiphora, pus | 1 year | Silicone intubation | 0 | LS | Granulation tissue | | 8 | 68/F | Epiphora, pus | 2 years | — | 0 | LS | Aspergillus | | 9 | 71/F | Epiphora, pus | 3 years | Silicone intubation | 0 | LS | Aspergillus | | 10 | 71/F | Epiphora, pus | 3 years | — | 1 | LS | Aspergillus | | 11 | 72/F | Epiphora, pus | 2 years | DM | 0 | LS | Degenerated tissue | | 12 | 79/F | Epiphora, pus | 3 years | — | 0 | LS | Granulation tissue | | 13 | 79/F | Epiphora, pus | 1 year | — | 0 | LS | Actinomyces | | 14 | 79/F | Epiphora, pus | 1 year | — | 0 | LS | Actinomyces | | 15 | 80/F | Epiphora, pus | 2 years | — | 1 | LS | Actinomyces | | 16 | 82/F | Epiphora, pus | >10 years | Silicone intubation | 0 | LS | Aspergillus | | 17 | 82/F | Epiphora, pus | 1 year | | 0 | LS | Aspergillus |
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M: male, F: female, DM: diabetes mellitus, LS: lacrimal sac, NLD: nasolacrimal duct.
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