Direct visualization of aqueous tear secretion from lacrimal gland

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. e314 - e322
• Main Authors: Kim, Eun Chul, Doh, Sang Hee, Chung, Se Yoon, Yoon, Sam Young, Kim, Man Soo, Chung, Sung Kun, Shin, Min Chul, Hwang, Ho Sik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Administration, Topical; Adult; Automobiles; Cobalt; Conjunctiva; Dry Eye Syndromes - diagnosis; Dry Eye Syndromes - metabolism; Eye; Female; Fluorescein; Fluorescein - administration & dosage; fluorescein dye; Fluorescent Dyes - administration & dosage; Glands; Humans; Lacrimal Apparatus - diagnostic imaging; Lacrimal Apparatus - secretion; lacrimal gland; Lacrimal gland and Nasolacrimal duct; Light effects; Male; Middle Aged; palpebral lobe; Secretion; tear flow rate; Tears - secretion; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Wolfring gland; tear flow rate; lacrimal gland; Wolfring gland; palpebral lobe; fluorescein dye
• ISSN: 1755-375X; 1755-3768
• DOI: 10.1111/aos.13335

Purpose To introduce a new method for direct observation of tear secretion from the palpebral lobes of the main lacrimal glands and Wolfring glands using fluorescein dye. Methods Twenty‐six patients with dry eye and 26 healthy subjects were included in the study. Fluorescein was applied to the conju...