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Lacrimal Drainage System Adenocarcinoma

MedGen UID:
1786115
•Concept ID:
C5446446
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Adenocarcinoma of the Lacrimal Drainage System

Definition

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLacrimal Drainage System Adenocarcinoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lacrimal Sac Sebaceous Carcinoma.
Vahdani K, Coupland SE, Ashdown ME, Garrott H, Ford R
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Jul/Aug;35(4):e89-e91. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001386. PMID: 30921057
En bloc resection of lacrimal sac tumors and simultaneous orbital reconstruction: surgical and functional outcomes.
Alabiad CR, Weed DT, Walker TJ, Vivero R, Hobeika GA, Hatoum GF, Shriver EM, Tse DT
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2014 Nov-Dec;30(6):459-67. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000134. PMID: 24814277
Epiphora after radioactive iodine ablation for thyroid cancer.
Sun GE, Hatipoglu B
Thyroid 2013 Feb;23(2):243-5. doi: 10.1089/thy.2011.0186. PMID: 22946448

Diagnosis

Primary Malignant Epithelial Tumors of the Lacrimal Drainage System: A Major Review.
Singh S, Ali MJ
Orbit 2021 Jun;40(3):179-192. Epub 2020 Jun 8 doi: 10.1080/01676830.2020.1769684. PMID: 32506982
Lacrimal Canalicular Reconstruction With Canalicular Transposition.
Park SM, Kim CY
J Craniofac Surg 2020 May/Jun;31(3):e283-e285. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006272. PMID: 32097387
Lacrimal Sac Sebaceous Carcinoma.
Vahdani K, Coupland SE, Ashdown ME, Garrott H, Ford R
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Jul/Aug;35(4):e89-e91. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001386. PMID: 30921057
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal sac: case report.
Ramos A, Pozo CD, Chinchurreta A, García F, Lorenzo M, Gismero S
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2016 Sep-Oct;79(5):333-335. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160095. PMID: 27982216
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal sac.
Kincaid MC, Meis JM, Lee MW
Ophthalmology 1989 Nov;96(11):1655-8. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(89)32682-0. PMID: 2559385

Therapy

Epiphora after radioactive iodine ablation for thyroid cancer.
Sun GE, Hatipoglu B
Thyroid 2013 Feb;23(2):243-5. doi: 10.1089/thy.2011.0186. PMID: 22946448

Prognosis

Primary Malignant Epithelial Tumors of the Lacrimal Drainage System: A Major Review.
Singh S, Ali MJ
Orbit 2021 Jun;40(3):179-192. Epub 2020 Jun 8 doi: 10.1080/01676830.2020.1769684. PMID: 32506982
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal sac: case report.
Ramos A, Pozo CD, Chinchurreta A, García F, Lorenzo M, Gismero S
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2016 Sep-Oct;79(5):333-335. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160095. PMID: 27982216

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