EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: chronic dacryocystitis : pre-dacryocystorhinostomy

Image Comments:

The patient can be identified as a Hindu by the mark above the glabella, the red in the frontal parting of the hair, her jewelry, and her garb with its colors. Red and yellow are favorite Hindu colors while green is a favorite Muslim color.

dacryocystitis with abscess

dacryocystitis

abscess of tear sac

 

 

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