Developmental anatomy of the nasolacrimal duct: implications for congenital obstruction

Ophthalmology
Eve E MoscatoAvery H Weiss

Abstract

To measure the height, anteroposterior, and transverse diameters of the nasolacrimal duct (NLD) in normal children between 2 weeks and 34 months of age and to compare the development of the NLD with the maxilla. Retrospective case series. Thirty-eight children with no history of NLD abnormalities who underwent prior axial computed tomography (CT) facial scans of 0.50 to 0.625 mm resolution. Consecutive cases of CT facial series over a 16-month period at a single institution were studied. Height, anteroposterior and transverse diameters, and volume of the NLD; height of the maxillary sinus. The height of the bony NLD increases 1.8-fold, the average diameter increases 1.4-fold, and the volume increases 4.6-fold between 2 weeks and 34 months of age. The dimensional increases of the NLD are nonlinear, with most of the increase occurring in the first 6 months of life. The increase in height of the NLD is highly correlated with postnatal growth of the maxilla. Spontaneous resolution of NLD obstruction in normal infants is coincident with elongation, limited radial extension, and the resulting volume expansion of the NLD. We propose that increases in hydrostatic pressure within the fluid column of the NLD combined with central cavitat...Continue Reading

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