Failed dacryocystorhinostomy in Paget's disease.
We describe a patient with bony closure of a DCR due to monostotic Paget's disease. The condition may exist without biochemical, radiological or radioisotope changes. The abnormal bone must be removed and a Jones glass tube placed in the rhinostomy.
D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D005260:Female; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence