[Nasolacrimal stent for epiphora caused by obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct].
A 71-year-old patient with severe epiphora due to a subtotal obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct was initially treated with balloon dilatation. After failure of this procedure a nasolacrimal stent was placed under fluoroscopic control in an outpatient setting. After stenting there was complete resolution of the epiphora during a follow-up of six months. Outpatient treatment of complete nasolacrimal duct obstruction or obstruction after failure of balloon dilatation with a nasolacrimal stent appears to be a good alternative to surgery.
Posthuma
B J
BJ
Afd. Radiologie, Ziekenhuis Leyenburg, 's-Gravenhage.
van Imhoff
W L
WL
van Wezer
J E
JE
D000368:Aged; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013382:Subtraction Technique