Eye
Lacrimal duct / gland
Mucocele-lacrimal sac
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Mucocele [title] lacrimal sac
Cite this page: Pernick N. Mucocele-lacrimal sac. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyelacrimalmucocele.html. Accessed January 10th, 2025.
Definition / general
- Complication of chronic inflammation of lacrimal sac, with distention of sac due to low grade obstructive lesion or hypersecreting mucosa
- Cyst contents may be clear, milky, gelatinous, fibrinous or flocculent
- May be sterile or infected
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Cyst wall is atrophic with degenerative changes
- Also hyperplasia and chronic inflammatory infiltrate
