Clinical Study
Clinicopathological Features of Dacryolithiasis in Japanese Patients: Frequent Association with Infection in Aged Patients
Table 2
Summary of clinicopathological features of dacryolithiasis reported in the literature.
| | Author | Year | DCR | Dacryolithiasis (%) | Mean age (years) | Male : female | Identified microorganisms | | Infection (%) | Fungus (%) | Actinomyces (%) | Others (%) |
| | Jones [2] | 1965 | 180 | 25 (14) | <50, 22 cases
>50, 3 cases | 10 : 15 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — | |
Berlin et al. [3] | 1980 | 70 | 11 (15.7) | 42 | 1 : 10 | 6 (55) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | — | |
Willkins and Pressly [4] | 1980 | 94 | 16 (17.0) | <50, 7 cases
>50, 5 cases | 2 : 10 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — | | Hawes [5] | 1988 | 107 | 15 (14.0) | 45 | 4 : 11 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — | |
Yazici et al. [6] | 2001 | 163 | 12 (7.4) | 59 | 8 : 4 | 2 (17) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | — | |
Marthin et al. [7] | 2005 | — | 62 (—) | 59 | 16 : 46 | 44 | 12 (22) | 32 (59) | 19 (35) | |
Repp et al. [8] | 2009 | 327 | 22 (6.7) | 51 | 9 : 13 | 5 (23) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | — | |
Current stydy | 2013 | 268 | 17 (6.3) | 67 | 3 : 14 | 9 (53) | 6 (67) | 3 (33) | — |
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Six cases were infected with more than one type of microorganism.
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