BILATERAL LACRIMAL BICANALICULAR OBSTRUCTION IN CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE

Authors

  • Muhammad Aamir Arain
  • Muhammad Dawood Khan
  • Muhammad Khizar Niazi
  • Parvez Ahmed

Abstract

Bone Marrow transplantation has been increasingly used for the treatments of various blood cancers for last two decades. As a complication, a variable number of patients develop Chronic Graft Verses Host Disease (cGVHD) six to eight months later. Ocular involvement occurs in 60 to 80% of patients with cGVHD. Though dry eye sensation is the most common ocular symptom of cGVHD we report here a case of excessive watering due to bilateral lacrimal bicanalicular obstruction secondary to ocular involvement in cGVHD along with onset of dry eye features.

Keywords: Bone marrow transplantation, canalicular obstruction, cGVHD.

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03-08-2016

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Arain MA, Khan MD, Niazi MK, Ahmed P. BILATERAL LACRIMAL BICANALICULAR OBSTRUCTION IN CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE. Pak J Pathol [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 3 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];20(1). Available from: http://pakjpath.com/index.php/Pak-J-Pathol/article/view/184

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2009)

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Case Report

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