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      Síndrome de Down e alterações de vias lacrimais Translated title: Down syndrome and lacrimal system disorders

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          OBJETIVO: Caracterizar as alterações de vias lacrimais em portadores de síndrome de Down. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo descritivo envolvendo 11 olhos de 8 pacientes com diagnóstico de síndrome de Down, acompanhados no período de 1995 a 2001. RESULTADOS: Todos os pacientes apresentaram quadro de dacriocistite crônica com obstrução no ducto nasolacrimal. Um paciente cursou também com canaliculite por Strepto- coccus sp e outro paciente apresentava ausência do ponto lacrimal inferior. Cinco pacientes foram submetidos à dacriocistorrinostomia, três à sondagem e intubação das vias lacrimais. A epífora foi resolvida em 4 olhos. CONCLUSÕES: Existem poucos relatos acerca do comprometimento das vias lacrimais em pacientes com síndrome de Down. A caracterização e a resolução cirúrgica do mecanismo obstrutivo lacrimal são importantes, uma vez que há interferência na qualidade de vida desses pacientes. No presente estudo, verificou-se que a obstrução da via lacrimal ocorreu no ducto nasolacrimal. O prognóstico cirúrgico foi ruim em 83,4% das intubações e em 57,2% das dacriocistorrinostomias. Causas do insucesso cirúrgico podem estar relacionadas à maior fibrose pós-operatória nesses pacientes e à dificuldade de colaboração dos mesmos no controle pós-cirúrgico. Estudos posteriores são necessários para verificação das presentes observações.

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          PURPOSE: To identify the alterations of the lacrimal system in patients with Down syndrome. METHODS: A descriptive and retrospective survey covering eleven eyes in eight patients, diagnosed as Down syndrome, attended in the period from 1995 to 2001. RESULTS: All patients had chronic dacryocystitis with obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct. One patient also presented canaliculitis by Streptococcus sp and congenital absence of the lower lacrimal punctum was observed in another patient. Five patients were submitted to dacryocystorhinostomy, probing and intubation was performed in three patients. The complaints of epiphora were solved in four eyes. CONCLUSIONS: There are few accounts about lacrimal system disorders in patients with Down syndrome. The identification and surgical resolution of lacrimal obstruction is important, since it interferes with the quality of life of these patients. In the present study, it was verified that the lacrimal obstruction occurred in the nasolacrimal duct, like that which occurs in adults. The surgical prognosis was bad in 83.4% of intubations and in 57.2% of dacryocystorhinostomies. The reasons for the unsuccessful surgery may be related to a greater postoperative fibrosis in these patients, and the difficulty of obtaining their collaboration after surgery. Further studies are necessary to support the present observation.

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              Nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction and tear film abnormalities occur frequently in children with trisomy 21. This study describes the outcomes of treatment for NLD obstruction in this population.
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                Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
                Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.
                Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (São Paulo )
                1678-2925
                August 2003
                : 66
                : 4
                : 481-484
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Assistente-doutora
                [2 ] Estagiária
                [3 ] Autônomo Brazil
                [4 ] Setor de Plástica Ocular
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                S0004-27492003000400016
                10.1590/S0004-27492003000400016
                2a9c0643-bc06-4299-9ae0-4d3444a5f258

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                OPHTHALMOLOGY

                Ophthalmology & Optometry
                Down syndrome,Lacrimal apparatus diseases,Dacryocystitis,Dacryocystorhinostomy,Intubation,Síndrome de Down,Doenças do aparelho lacrimal,Dacriocistite,Dacriocistorrinostomia,Intubação

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