Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes of Primary Canaliculitis among Patients in Beijing, China

Table 1

Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes for 16 patients diagnosed with canaliculitis.

	Median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)
Age (years)	72.5 (63.8, 77.5)
Follow-up (months)	6 (5, 12)
Time to diagnosis (months)	18 (10, 24)
	(%)
Gender
Male	4 (25)
Female	12 (75)
Coexisting diseases
Diabetes mellitus	4 (25)
Hypertension	8 (50)
Symptoms
Epiphora with discharge	15 (94)
Redness	5 (31)
Swelling of the eyelid	2 (13)
Pain	1 (6)
Clinical signs
Pouting punctum	12 (75)
Palpable thickened canaliculus	8 (50)
Punctal regurgitation of concretions under expression	5 (31)
Punctal regurgitation of concretions under syringing	12 (75)
Location
Upper canaliculus only	8 (50)
Lower canaliculus only	6 (38)
Both	2 (13)
Laterality
Right	6 (38)
Left	10 (63)
Presence of concretions	15 (94)