title: Congenital nasolacrimal duct occlusion with clinical anophthalmos: a possible new association.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the association of congenital nasolacrimal duct occlusion and clinical anophthalmos in an eight-year-old girl.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report. The patient suffered from epiphora and clinical anophthalmos on the right side since birth. This paper presents the clinical presentation, workup, and surgical approach of the case.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The nasolacrimal system of the patient was occluded on irrigation. Computed tomography showed a blockage at the level of the sac-duct junction, an enlarged nasolacrimal duct below the obstruction, and a sclera-like ball of tissue surrounded by extraocular muscles in the right orbit. Treatment included a right bicanalicular silicon intubation performed under general anesthesia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case may represent a new association that has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey. halitoguz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: San
mesh_terms: D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers