Dacryoendoscopy-guided transcanalicular intralesional interferon alpha 2b for canalicular squamous papillomas.

Abstract

Canalicular papillomatosis is a rare disorder characterized by a mass lesion arising from the epithelium as a stalk from one of the canalicular walls. Traditionally, they have been treated with an open canaliculotomy and excision biopsy with or without additional cryotherapy. A patient with upper canalicular squamous papillomas treated with dacryoendoscopy-guided transcanalicular intralesional and topical interferon alpha 2b is presented, and the ineffectiveness of interferons in this case is discussed.

• Authors: Mohammad Javed Ali, Swati Singh, Anasua Ganguly, Milind N Naik
• Journal: International ophthalmology (Int Ophthalmol) Vol. 38 Issue 3 Pg. 1343-1346 (Jun 2018) ISSN: 1573-2630 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 28540494 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Interferon alpha-2
• Interferon-alpha
• Recombinant Proteins

Topics

• Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted (methods)
• Endoscopy (methods)
• Eye Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Image Enhancement (methods)
• Injections, Intralesional
• Interferon alpha-2
• Interferon-alpha (administration & dosage)
• Lacrimal Apparatus (pathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Papilloma (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Recombinant Proteins (administration & dosage)