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Nasolacrimal duct stenosis or occlusion can give both “flow” symptoms (variable blurring of vision due to excess tear line; tear spillage) and “volume” symptoms due to mucoid debris refluxing from the lacrimal sac debris into the tear lake – causing gross smearing of the vision, recurrent conjunctivitis, dacryocystitis or gummed eyelids on awakening [1].
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Lorenzano, D., Rose, G.E. (2019). External Dacryocystorhinostomy. In: Cohen, A., Burkat, C. (eds) Oculofacial, Orbital, and Lacrimal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14092-2_42
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