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Lacrimal Sac Tumors

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Tumors of the lacrimal drainage system, especially the lacrimal sac, are rare, and since the first publications reporting such tumors by Spratt, Duke-Elder, Radnot and Gall, and others, only about 700 cases have been reported in the medical literature in the last 110 years; about five new cases are reported per year worldwide. Despite their rarity, physicians should be aware of the clinical features of lacrimal sac tumors, as many are life-threatening and early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can save lives. These tumors often masquerade as a chronic inflammatory process. Due to the rarity of lacrimal sac tumors, large clinical studies with statistically meaningful data are unavailable, and we learn about the biological behavior, management, and prognosis of these tumors only from case series and case reports.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

    Jacob Pe’er MD

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  1. Division of Opthalmology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Julian D. Perry

  2. Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Pe’er, J. (2014). Lacrimal Sac Tumors. In: Perry, J., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40492-4_11

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