The active inflammatory phase of thyroid eye disease (TED) is mediated by the innate
immune system, and management is aimed at aborting this self-limited period of …

BACKGROUND The paranasal sinuses are intimately related to the orbit and consequently
sinus disease or surgery may cause severe orbital complications. Complications are rare but …

Orbital inflammation is a response of the immune system and not a diagnosis in itself.
Exposing the underlying disease introduces a labyrynthine challenge owing to the broad …

The clinical characteristics and outcome of 50 primary malignant neoplasms of the lacrimal
gland are reviewed: 38 (76%) adenoid cystic carcinomas, six (12%) carcinomas arising in …

To reduce the risk of recurrence and malignant transformation, pleomorphic adenomas of
the lacrimal gland should be removed intact, without prior biopsy. Seventy one of the 78 …

BACKGROUND The histological characteristics of ocular adnexal lymphomas have
previously provided only a limited guide to clinical outcome for affected patients. This …

PURPOSE: To ascertain the effect of certain parameters on nasolacrimal duct probing.
METHODS: In a retrospective study of 142 infants and children who underwent nasolacrimal …

OBJECTIVES: To present the clinical and radiologic details of a series of patients with the
imploding antrum, or silent sinus, syndrome, together with examples of the surgical findings …

Postoperative soft tissue infection may predispose to failure of open lacrimal surgical
procedures. Using a retrospective analysis of 413 cases, the failure rates for primary and …

The results after implantation of Lester Jones canalicular bypass tubes in 326 eyes (310
patients) are reviewed. The bypass tubes were implanted after canalicular obstruction from a …