Estudo epidemiológico da dacriocistite crônica
PURPOSE: The goal of this project is to document the epidemiological characteristics of chronic dacryocystitis cases assisted in a public hospital. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of medical records of patients who developed chronic dacryocystitis assisted in the period of january 12th , 2009...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/6735 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-72802011000600011 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/6735 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Chronic dacryocystitis Lacrimal duct obstruction Adult Dacriocistite crônica Obstrução dos ductos lacrimais Adulto |
| Sumario: | PURPOSE: The goal of this project is to document the epidemiological characteristics of chronic dacryocystitis cases assisted in a public hospital. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of medical records of patients who developed chronic dacryocystitis assisted in the period of january 12th , 2009 to june 9th, 2010 .The patients were ophthalmologist evaluated: ocular inspection, biomicroscopy, Milder Test, Test of Jones I and II. RESULTS: The gender with chronic dacryocystitis belonged to 55 years. There were 73 % female and 27 % male.The unilateral involvement occurred in 95% of the cases and only 5 % were bilateral. In this work, the side of this pathology was on the right in 45% and on the left in 55%. Negroid races have a lower rate of illness than caucasians.Regarding the chronic dacryocystitis ethiology, there was a predominance of the idiopathic in 95% of the cases and only 5% of trauma. CONCLUSION: The dacryocystitis is more frequent in women, rare in blacks and presents hereditary predisposition, increasing the incidence from the 6th decade |
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