2. Of, relating to, or constituting the glands that produce tears.
[Middle English lacrimale, from Old French lacrymal, from Medieval Latin lachrymālis, from Latin lacrima, lachryma, tear; see dakru- in Indo-European roots.]
Their topics include evaluating and managing congenital lacrimal obstruction, complications of orbital decompression and management, primary neoplasms of the orbit, the endoscopic management of skull base neoplasms with orbital involvement, and post-operative care and complications following open and endoscopic orbital surgery.
Chips of lacrimal bone is removed using side knife, then frontal process of maxilla is punched out using Kerrison's bone punch, lacrimal sac is fully exposed, for the exposure of upper of sac is sometimes drilling is required.
The structures of the eye include the eyeball and the adnexa or structures outside the eyeball which include the bony orbit, eye muscles, eyelids, eyelashes, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus (Ehrlich, Schroeder, Ehrlich, & Schroeder, 2017).
The histology confirmed the tumor was lacrimal gland adenoid cystic carcinoma (LGACC) [Figure 1]b; tumor cells infiltrated into the orbital soft tissue but were free of the orbital bone.
Patients with IgG4-related ophthalmic disease usually involve the lacrimal gland and may cause diseases such as orbital pseudotumor or sclerosing dacryoadenitis.
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