{"title":"Herniation of the lacrimal glands.","authors":"B Smith, R Petrelli","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herniation of the lacrimal gland is an unusual condition which has a predilection for blacks and is associated with blepharochalasis. It is benign and tends to become progressive. Either or both lobes of the lacrimal gland can herniate and must be differentiated from dermolipoma and orbital fat. A surgical treatment is described, and three cases are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":76762,"journal":{"name":"Transactions. Section on Otolaryngology. American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology","volume":"84 6","pages":"988-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1977-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transactions. Section on Otolaryngology. American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Herniation of the lacrimal gland is an unusual condition which has a predilection for blacks and is associated with blepharochalasis. It is benign and tends to become progressive. Either or both lobes of the lacrimal gland can herniate and must be differentiated from dermolipoma and orbital fat. A surgical treatment is described, and three cases are presented.