Iatrogenic canalicular foreign body.
An 81-year-old woman was seen with a suture granuloma 7 years after medial canthal tendon tightening. One end of the suture extended through the inferior punctum. Excision of the granuloma and suture without retightening the canthal tendon resulted in relief of the purulent discharge and foreign-body sensation and no recurrence of epiphora.
Kramár
P
P
Pacific Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98144, USA.
Gofman
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012086:Reoperation; D013537:Sutures