Date of last review: Due to be updated

Differential diagnosis

  • Canaliculitis
  • Sinusitis
  • Sebaceous cyst
  • Preseptal cellulitis
  • Tumour
  • Granulomatous lesion

Possible management by Optometrist

Treatment

  • Do not syringe or probe
  • Hot compresses and local massage

Advice

  • May recur or be persistent

Management Category

  • Alleviation/palliation (normally no referral)
  • If symptoms recurrent and persistent, refer routinely

Possible management by Ophthalmologist

  • Dacryocystorhinostomy