A rare solitary fibrous tumour of the lacrimal sac presenting as acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction [6]

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-431

  Rumelt, Shimon ^a   Kassif, Y ^a   Cohen, I ^a   Rehany, U ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMAL SAC; LETTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038732280     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700366     Document Type: Letter

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