Bilateral nasolabial cysts associated with recurrent dacryocystitis

Objective: Nasolabial cysts are rare, nonodontogenic, soft-tissue, developmental cysts occurring inferior to the nasal alar region. They are thought to arise from remnants of the nasolacrimal ducts and they are frequently asymptomatic. We report a rare case of bilateral nasolabial cysts accompanied...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 2005-05, Vol.119 (5), p.412-414
Main Authors: Kyrmizakis, Dionysios E, Lachanas, Vassilios A, Benakis, Antonios A, Velegrakis, George A, Aslanides, Ioannis M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
(RF) Otorhinolaryngology
Abnormality
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Cyst
Dacryocystitis
Dacryocystitis - complications
Female
Humans
Lacrimal System
Lip Diseases - complications
Lip Diseases - surgery
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nasal Cavity
Nonodontogenic Cysts - complications
Nonodontogenic Cysts - surgery
Nose Diseases - complications
Nose Diseases - surgery
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Recurrence
Surgical Procedures
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Objective: Nasolabial cysts are rare, nonodontogenic, soft-tissue, developmental cysts occurring inferior to the nasal alar region. They are thought to arise from remnants of the nasolacrimal ducts and they are frequently asymptomatic. We report a rare case of bilateral nasolabial cysts accompanied by bilateral chronic dacryocystitis. Case report: A 48-year-old woman suffering from bilateral chronic dacryocystitis was referred to our department for endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy. She had undergone external dacryocystorhinostomy on the left side a few years earlier. Physical examination and computed tomography scan revealed nasolabial cysts bilaterally inferior to the nasal alar region. The cysts were removed via a sublabial approach and endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy was performed on the right side. Ten months after surgery, the patient was asymptomatic. Conclusion: There may be a correlation, due to embryological reasons, between the presence of nasolabial cysts and the presence of chronic dacryocystitis. Both can be corrected surgically, under the same anaesthesia, without visible scar formation.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1258/0022215053945787