Endoscopic endonasal retrieval of a nasolacrimal duct stone via the valve of Hasner in the inferior meatus

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Mar-Apr;28(2):e48-50. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318220861f.

Abstract

A 37 year old man presented with a 6 month history of a right epiphora with associated mucus discharge. Lacrimal irrigation demonstrated right unilateral partial nasolacrimal duct obstruction, confirmed with lacrimal scintigraphy. Nasal endoscopy showed a pale elevation in the right inferior meatus. Endoscopic endonasal examination revealed a yellow-white nasolacrimal duct stone emerging from the valve of Hasner in the inferior meatus. The distal nasolacrimal duct in the lateral wall of the inferior meatus was marsupialised and the stone removed. At 12 months follow-up the patient maintained complete resolution of symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Calculi / etiology
  • Calculi / surgery*
  • Dacryocystorhinostomy*
  • Endoscopy / methods
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / etiology
  • Male
  • Nasal Mucosa / surgery
  • Nasolacrimal Duct / diagnostic imaging
  • Nasolacrimal Duct / surgery*
  • Radionuclide Imaging