Ocular Disease: Lecture 8: Lacrimal System Flashcards
Lacrimal System
- What are the 6 things?
- Lacrimal Gland
- Accessory Gland of Krause and Wolfring
- Punctum
- Canalicula
- Lacrimal Sac
- Nasolacrimal Duct
Lacrimal System
Tear Drainage System
- First portion?
- Eyes Closing causes what 3 things to occur?
- Eyes Open Causes what 2 things?
- Lid Margin
- a. Compression of Ampulla
b. Compression and Shortening of horizontal Canaliculi
c. Compression of Lacrimal Sac - Canaliculi and Ampulla Expand; Negative Pressure
Lacrimal System
Epiphora
- What is it?
- Caused by what 2 things?
- Overflow of Tears
- Hypersecretion
and
Defective Drainage
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Hypersecretion
- Secondary to what 2 things?
- Treatment involves what?
- a. Ocular Inflammation
b. Ocular Surface Disease - Treatment Involves resolving the underlying etiology
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Defective Drainage
- Malposition of what?
- Obstruction?
- Lacrimal Pump Failure: 2 things that can cause it?
- Cause may not be what?
- of Puncta
- Can occur anywhere along the lacrimal system
- a. Lower Lid Laxity
b. Weak Orbicularis Oculi - May not always be obvious
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Defective Drainage: Testin
- What 3 tests?
- NaFl disappearance test
- Jones Dye Testing 1
- Jones dye testing 2
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Defective Drainage: NaFl disappearance Test
- Instill NaFl into what?
- Wait how long?
- Normal Result?
- Abnormal Result?
- Both fornices
- 5 minutes
- No or Little Dye
- Dye still present; Indicates possible drainage problem
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Defective Drainage Testing: Jones 1
- What is Instilled into the FORNIX?
- Wait how long?
- How do you test for it?
- How do we tell if it’s a Patent System?
- NaFl
- 5 minutes
- Swab around nasal lacrimal duct opening in the nose
- look for traces of NaFl
Lacrimal System
Epiphora: Defective Drainage Testing: Jones II (irrigation test)
- Completed after what exam?
a. What does it do?
b. Irrigates what? - If NaFl is detected at outflow of Nasolacrimal duct, this means what?
- If none is detected there, this means what?
- No saline noted at all?
- Jones 1 is negative
a. Flush NaFl out of Fornix
b. the Lacrimal Sac
2. Blockage is probably of Nasolacrimal Duct
3. Blockage probably at punctum or canaliculi
4. Complete blockage somewhere
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Name the seven
- Agenesis
- Congenital Dacryocele
- Congenital Lacrimal Cutaneous Fistula
- Congenital Punctal Atresia
- Dysgenesis
- Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
- Supernumerary Puncta
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
- How common is it?
- Newborns: When do we see it?
- Blockage at what place?
a. What is affected?
- pretty common
- usually in first couple wks of life
- at Distal Aspect of Nasolacrimal Duct
a. Valve of Hasner: Canalization Delayed
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Presentation
- Epiphora: what happens?
- What is chronic?
- What is seen on lashes?
- Regurgitation of what?
- Constant or intermittent
- Chronic Wet Appearance
- Mucopurulent material on Lashes/matting of lashes
- of mucupurulent material from the punctum with pressure applied to lacrimal sac
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Complications
- Infection
- Acute Dacryocystitis
a. Requires what?
b. How common?
- Chronic Bacterial Conjunctivitis (Topical Antibiotic: POLYTRIM)
- a. Systemic Antibiotic (Augmentin)
b. Very Uncommon
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Important differential Diagnosis? (2)
- Conjunctivitis
2. Congenital Glaucoma
Congenital Anomalies of the Lacrimal System
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Treatment
- Main thing to do?
- % that resolve spontaneously in 1st year?
- Probing when?
a. % cured with 1st probe? - Last resort?
- Massage of Lacrimal sac qid
- 96%
- If no resolution at 12-18 months
a. 90%
b. May need additional probing - Dacryocystorhinostomy as last resort