Clinical Ophthalmology (Oct 2009)

Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac

  • Rushmia Karim,
  • Raf Ghabrial,
  • Betty Lin

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2009, no. default
pp. 587 – 591

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Rushmia Karim, Raf Ghabrial, Betty LinUniversity of Sydney, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAbstract: Tumors in the lacrimal sac are rare yet important due to their malignant and potentially lethal outcomes if there is a misdiagnosis or delay in treatment. Epithelial tumors predominate with squamous cell carcinoma. We report a transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac and management course for the patient.Keywords: transitional cell carcinoma, nasolacrimal sac, nasolacrimal ductErratum for this paper has been published