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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Lacrimal Duct Obstruction
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Obstrucción del Conducto Lagrimal
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Obstrução dos Ductos Lacrimais
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Tree Number:
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C11.496.456
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Definition English:
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Interference with the secretion of tears by the lacrimal glands. Obstruction of the lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct causing acute or chronic inflammation of the lacrimal sac (DACRYOCYSTITIS). It is caused also in infants by failure of the nasolacrimal duct to open into the inferior meatus and occurs about the third week of life. In adults occlusion may occur spontaneously or after injury or nasal disease. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p250) |
Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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7944
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Unique Identifier:
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D007767
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