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Benign Nasolacrimal Duct Neoplasm

MedGen UID:: 578049
•Concept ID:: C0347521
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonyms:	Benign Lacrimal Duct Neoplasm; Benign Lacrimal Duct Tumor; Benign neoplasm nasolacrimal duct; Benign Neoplasm of Lacrimal Duct; Benign Neoplasm of the Lacrimal Duct; Benign Tumor of Lacrimal Duct; Benign Tumor of the Lacrimal Duct
SNOMED CT:	Benign neoplasm nasolacrimal duct (189156008)

Definition

A neoplasm that arises from the lacrimal duct and is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological and architectural features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVBenign Nasolacrimal Duct Neoplasm

Neoplasm
- Neoplasm by Special Category
  - Benign neoplasm
    - Benign Eye Neoplasm
      - Benign Lacrimal System Neoplasm
        Benign Lacrimal Drainage System Neoplasm
        Benign Nasolacrimal Duct Neoplasm

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lacrimal Sac Tumors: A Single-institution Experience, Including New Insights.

Wakasaki T, Yasumatsu R, Tanabe M, Yoshikawa H, Jiromaru R, Hashimoto K, Matsuo M, Fujimura A, Nakagawa T
In Vivo 2023 May-Jun;37(3):1219-1225. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13198. PMID: 37103086 Free PMC Article

Blood-stained tears-a red flag for malignancy?

Kaushik M, Juniat V, Ezra DG, Verity DH, Uddin J, Timlin H
Eye (Lond) 2023 Jun;37(8):1711-1716. Epub 2022 Sep 10 doi: 10.1038/s41433-022-02224-x. PMID: 36088421 Free PMC Article

Carcinomas of the lacrimal drainage system.

Ramberg I, Toft PB, Heegaard S
Surv Ophthalmol 2020 Nov-Dec;65(6):691-707. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.04.001. PMID: 32304675

Nasolacrimal Duct Management During Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.

Rotsides JM, Franco A, Albader A, Casiano RR, Lieberman SM
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2019 Oct;128(10):932-937. Epub 2019 May 14 doi: 10.1177/0003489419848454. PMID: 31088142

Nasolacrimal duct tumours in the era of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: literature review.

Tanweer F, Mahkamova K, Harkness P
J Laryngol Otol 2013 Jul;127(7):670-5. Epub 2013 Jun 12 doi: 10.1017/S0022215113001163. PMID: 23756574

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Diagnosis

Lacrimal Sac Tumors: A Single-institution Experience, Including New Insights.

Congenital dacryocystocele diagnosed by antenatal ultrasonography with spontaneous resolution.

Cruciat G, Florian A, Cotutiu P, Nemeti G, Nicoara S
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2020 Aug;83(4):332-334. Epub 2020 Jul 29 doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20200055. PMID: 32756791

Carcinomas of the lacrimal drainage system.

Ramberg I, Toft PB, Heegaard S
Surv Ophthalmol 2020 Nov-Dec;65(6):691-707. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.04.001. PMID: 32304675

Masses of the Nose, Nasal Cavity, and Nasopharynx in Children.

Rodriguez DP, Orscheln ES, Koch BL
Radiographics 2017 Oct;37(6):1704-1730. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017170064. PMID: 29019747

Benign mixed tumor of the lacrimal sac.

Lee JS, Lee H, Chang M, Park M, Baek S
Indian J Ophthalmol 2015 Mar;63(3):282-4. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.156940. PMID: 25971182 Free PMC Article

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Therapy

Accumulation of 131Iodine in the nasolacrimal sac/duct after radioiodine therapy for papillary thyroid cancer.

Usmani S, Jain A, Al-Riyami K, Abubakar S
J Pak Med Assoc 2023 Mar;73(3):713-714. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.23-22. PMID: 36932793

Angioleiomyoma of the nasolacrimal duct: case report and literature review.

Azhdam AM, Wang Y, Douglas RS, Chang EE, Wu AW
Orbit 2022 Dec;41(6):783-785. Epub 2021 May 30 doi: 10.1080/01676830.2021.1933080. PMID: 34057005

Nasolacrimal Duct Management During Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.

Rotsides JM, Franco A, Albader A, Casiano RR, Lieberman SM
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2019 Oct;128(10):932-937. Epub 2019 May 14 doi: 10.1177/0003489419848454. PMID: 31088142

Incidence of neoplasia in patients with unilateral epiphora.

Bewes T, Sacks R, Sacks PL, Chin D, Mrad N, Wilcsek G, Tumuluri K, Harvey R
J Laryngol Otol 2015 Jul;129 Suppl 3:S53-7. doi: 10.1017/S0022215115001504. PMID: 26173845

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Prognosis

Endoscopic medial maxillectomy in patients treated at the Otorhinolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology Clinic of Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw in the years 2008-2018.

Witkowska A, Szczygielski K, Jurkiewicz D
Otolaryngol Pol 2020 Mar 30;74(4):25-30. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0014.0867. PMID: 32636346

Incidence of neoplasia in patients with unilateral epiphora.

Bewes T, Sacks R, Sacks PL, Chin D, Mrad N, Wilcsek G, Tumuluri K, Harvey R
J Laryngol Otol 2015 Jul;129 Suppl 3:S53-7. doi: 10.1017/S0022215115001504. PMID: 26173845

The nasolabial cyst: a nonodontogenic oral cyst related to nasolacrimal duct epithelium.

Toribio Y, Roehrl MH
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2011 Nov;135(11):1499-503. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2010-0338-RS. PMID: 22032581

A rare cause of nasolacrimal duct obstruction: dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus.

Ray B, Bandyopadhyay SN, Das D, Adhikary B
Indian J Ophthalmol 2009 Nov-Dec;57(6):465-7. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.57161. PMID: 19861752 Free PMC Article

Cemento-ossifying fibroma of the orbit.

Khalil MK, Leib ML
Can J Ophthalmol 1979 Jul;14(3):195-200. PMID: 114292

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Clinical prediction guides

Minimally Anterior Medial Maxillary Approach (MAMMA): a novel technique for a wide access to the maxillary sinus.

Yeguas-Ramírez L, Santamaría-Gadea A, Vaca-González M, de Los Santos-Granados G, Mariño-Sánchez F
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024 Apr;281(4):1799-1806. Epub 2023 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08335-9. PMID: 37987827

A case report of exophytic nasal papilloma with acute dacryocystitis as the first symptom.

Mo Y, Long D, Li L, Zheng Y
BMC Ophthalmol 2021 Dec 29;21(1):458. doi: 10.1186/s12886-021-02223-8. PMID: 34965868 Free PMC Article

Nasolacrimal Duct Management During Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.

Rotsides JM, Franco A, Albader A, Casiano RR, Lieberman SM
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2019 Oct;128(10):932-937. Epub 2019 May 14 doi: 10.1177/0003489419848454. PMID: 31088142

Endoscopic endonasal surgery for pterygopalatine fossa schwannoma via prelacrimal recess-maxillary sinus.

Guo T, Sun JW, Wang YF, Sun JQ
B-ENT 2014;10(1):81-6. PMID: 24765834

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