Acute Dacryocystitis and Sequelae

Acute dacryocystitis is defined as “a medical urgency which is clinically characterized by rapid onset of pain, erythema and swelling, classically below the medial canthal tendon with or without pre-existing epiphora, mainly resulting from the acute infection of the lacrimal sac and perisac tissues” [1]. The prevalence of acute dacryocystitis is about 2.4% of all lacrimal disorders. It is usually seen in the third to fifth decades of life and has a female preponderance.