Dacryocystitis is a very common ocular disorder seen by an ophthalmologist in the routine ophthalmic practise dacryocystitis is infection or inflammation of nasolacrimal sac resulting in blockage of the nasolacrimal duct. It can be Congenital dacryocystitis Acquired dacryocystitis Acute dacryocystitis Chronic dacryocystitis Although antibiotics are prescribed in dacryocystitis the definitive treatment of paediatric dacryocystitis is probing or lacrimal massage and the treatment of adult dacryocystitis is dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) which can be performed either transcutaneously or endoscopically.
The complications of dacryocystitis are as follows: Acute exacerbation on chronic dacryocystitis Acute dacryocystitis Lacrimal abscess Lacrimal fistula Acute cellulitis Periostitis Orbital cellulitis Orbital abscess Optic neuritis Even Cavernous sinus thrombosis Share your…
