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Nikolaos Gkalapis1,2, Marie Elisabeth Burghardt1, Christin Busse3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Martin Luther University, Halle.
Abstract:
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) is a rare congenital neurodevelopmental disorder associated with several ocular and lacrimal anomalies. A 40-year-old female patient with RTS presented with persistent right-sided epiphora following an earlier unsuccessful endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy performed elsewhere. The patient underwent revision external dacryocystorhinostomy with fistulectomy and intubation. Intraoperatively, a focal polypoidal lacrimal sac lesion was noted, and histological analysis revealed significant immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-plasma cell infiltration. However, the diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related ophthalmic disease were not fulfilled. The revision external surgery was anatomically and functionally successful. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of IgG4-plasma cell infiltration in the lacrimal apparatus of a patient with RTS.
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