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Upper and lower system nasolacrimal duct stenosis secondary to paclitaxel
Emily McCartney1, Shailaja Valluri, Dan Rushing
1Wilmer Eye Institute, Division of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-9237, USA. emccar12@jhmi.edu
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|April 7, 2007
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A 66-year-old man underwent chemotherapy and radiation for angiosarcoma of the head and neck. Paclitaxel was used in his chemotherapeutic regimen. Two months post treatment with paclitaxel, he developed epiphora. He was found to have severe punctal and canalicular stenosis at the time of surgery.
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