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IMPROVED RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING THE LACRIMAL PATHWAYS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS
Author(s) -
MONTANARA ARRIGO,
CATALINO PIETRO,
GUALDI MASSIMO
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb00503.x
Subject(s) - radiological weapon , medicine , subtraction , scintigraphy , radiology , mathematics , arithmetic
A radiological study of the lacrimal drainage apparatus was made in 50 patients with temporary or permanent epiphora. The authors state that the present radiologic technique (macrography, seriography, subtraction) allows the detection on the various lacrimal levels of not only organic lesions but also of functional disorders. They assert the definite superiority of dacryocystography over the other clinical and radiological investigations (scintigraphy, roentgencinematography) in identifying the site and the nature of the various organic lesions, in evaluating and interpreting the functional alterations as well as following and judging the effectiveness of treatments.