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Imaging of the Lacrimal Drainage System and Interventional Radiology

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Endoscopic Surgery of the Lacrimal Drainage System

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Imaging plays a pivotal role in the assessment of the lacrimal pathway. Several different techniques are available, some mainly offering information about patency and caliber of the lumina in the different tracts of the pathway, some others able to assess the morphology and structures of the bone envelop which surrounds the lacrimal pathway in large part of its course. In addition, cross-sectional techniques allow to assess the soft tissue structures which may be secondarily involved by disease of the lacrimal pathway or, on opposite, may be the site of origin of pathologies which secondarily involve it.

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    Davide Farina, Francesco Laffranchi, Marco Ravanelli, Andrea Borghesi & Roberto Maroldi

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Farina, D., Laffranchi, F., Ravanelli, M., Borghesi, A., Maroldi, R. (2016). Imaging of the Lacrimal Drainage System and Interventional Radiology. In: Presutti, L., Mattioli, F. (eds) Endoscopic Surgery of the Lacrimal Drainage System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20633-2_4

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