Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 64 No. 3, 2020.
Case report
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2020.31
Congenital alacrima in a 17-month-old boy: a case report
Freja Bagatin
Renata Iveković
Adriana Bobinec
Maja Malenica Ravlić
Zoran Vatavuk
Abstract
Alacrima is a rare disorder defined as decreased or absent tear production that is mostly manifested from birth. It may occur as isolated due to congenital aplasia/hypoplasia or impaired innervation of the lacrimal gland and associated structures, but it may also
be part of a rare, predominantly genetic disorder. We present a case of a boy with congenital alacrima, discuss diagnostic work-up
and review differential diagnosis of dry eye with emphasis on disorders that occur in childhood.
Keywords
LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES – congenital, genetics, diagnosis; DRY EYE SYNDROMES
Hrčak ID:
251902
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2020.
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