Diagnosis of anomalous lacrimal ductule with the aid of salivary gland scintigraphy.
A 4-year-old boy presented with the complaint of fluid discharge from a 0.5-mm diameter opening at the lateral side of the right outer canthus during crying. The need for general anesthesia for contrast radiography prompted the authors to conducted salivary gland scintigraphy, which demonstrated radioactivity of the collected fluid. Salivary gland scintigraphy can be used as a diagnostic tool in cases with anomalous lacrimal ductule without the use of general anesthesia.
Türkçüoğlu
Peykan
P
Department of Ophthalmology, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey. peykan74@yahoo.com
Kekili
Ersoy
E
Düz
Cem
C
Taşbent
Ilker
I
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m