Two Cases of Nasolacrimal Duct Cyst Developed in Neonate

Lee, Ja Hyun; Lee, Seung Sin; Cho, Kun Kyung

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2005;12(2):129-132.
Published online November 30, 2005.

Two Cases of Nasolacrimal Duct Cyst Developed in Neonate

Ja Hyun Lee, Seung Sin Lee, Kun Kyung Cho

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. seungsin2@ewha.ac.kr

신생아에서 발생한 비루관 낭종 2례

이자현, 이승신, 조근경

이화여자대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

Abstract

Bilateral nasolacrimal duct cyst is an uncommon disease causing respiratory and feeding difficulty in neonates. It can either present pure intranasal cystic mass or be associated with dacryocystocele and/or dacryocystitis. Symptoms and signs of nasolacrimal duct cyst are different according to the patient's age and its bilaterality. Therefore, treatment should be individualized according to its presentation. The authors experienced one case of bilateral nasolacrimal duct cyst without dacryocystocele which caused respiratory difficulty and another case of nasolacrimal duct cyst associated with dacryocystocele. Both cases were treated by endoscopic marsupializaion of the cysts. We report these two cases with a brief review of the literature.

Key Words: Nasolacrimal duct;Nasolacrimal duct cyst;Dacryocystocele;Dacryocystitis