PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - V.A. Kumar AU - B. Esmaeli AU - S. Ahmed AU - B. Gogia AU - J.M. Debnam AU - L.E. Ginsberg TI - Imaging Features of Malignant Lacrimal Sac and Nasolacrimal Duct Tumors AID - 10.3174/ajnr.A4882 DP - 2016 Nov 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 2134--2137 VI - 37 IP - 11 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/37/11/2134.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/37/11/2134.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2016 Nov 01; 37 AB - SUMMARY: The purpose of this study was to present the imaging features of primary and secondary malignant lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct tumors and their pattern of tumor spread in 18 patients. The most common tumor histology in our series was squamous cell carcinoma. In 15/18 patients, tumor involved both the lacrimal sac and duct at the time of diagnosis. In 11/16 patients on CT, the nasolacrimal bony canal was smoothly expanded without erosive changes. The medial canthus region (16/18) was a frequent site of direct tumor spread. Two patients had intraconal orbital spread of tumor. Tumor spread to the sinus or nasal cavity was observed in 5/13 primary tumors. Only 1 patient presented with nodal metastasis. There was no intracranial tumor extension, perineural tumor spread along the infraorbital nerve, distant metastasis, or dacryocystocele formation in any of the patients at the time of diagnosis.SCCAsquamous cell carcinoma