Dacryocystitis

**Dacryocystitis** is an inflammation or infection of the lacrimal sac, which forms part of the ocular tear drainage system Defining clinical features include pain, erythema, warmth, and marked swelling over the medial canthus and lacrimal fossa, often accompanied by epiphora and expressible purulent discharge from the puncta

**Dacryocystitis** is an inflammation or infection of the lacrimal sac, which forms part of the ocular tear drainage system The condition can occur at any age but is most commonly observed in infants due to congenital duct anomalies and in older adults due to age-related ductal stenosis

It most frequently develops secondary to an obstruction within the nasolacrimal duct, leading to the stagnation of tears and subsequent colonization, predominantly by bacterial pathogens such as *Staphylococcus* and *Streptococcus* species

It most frequently develops secondary to an obstruction within the nasolacrimal duct, leading to the stagnation of tears and subsequent colonization, predominantly by bacterial pathogens such as *Staphylococcus* and *Streptococcus* species