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Dacryocystocele – Signs and symptoms | Complications
Complications like swelling, watery eyes and infection might occur. While usually filled with sterile mucus, dacryocystoceles occasionally become infected.
Dacryocystocele – Diagnosis
The diagnosis can be made prenatally; routine obstetric ultrasound can identify the characteristic hypoechoic lesion inferior and medial to the globe. It is important to distinguish a dacrocystocele from the more serious encephalocele, which is a neural tube defect.
A dacryocystocele can be diagnosed postpartum with a non-invasive ultrasound (US).