Bilateral Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Managed With Probing and Irrigation in a Patient With FGF10 -Associated Lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital Syndrome

Abstract

The authors report a case of lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital syndrome in a 16-month-old boy with punctal agenesis, upper canalicular dysgenesis and polydactyly, presenting as bilateral congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and unilateral acute dacryocystitis. Genetic sequencing revealed a novel mutation in fibroblast growth factor 10. [ J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus . 2023;60(4):e38–e40.]