ymptomatic cicatrizial occluion of canaliculi after inertion of herrick lacrimal plug

Purpoe To report evere ymptomatic complication following bilateral inertion of Herrick lacrimal plug. Deign Interventional cae report. Method Bilateral clinical, urgical, and hitologic finding in a patient with urgical reviion of canaliculi after plug inertion. Reult A 55-year-old patient preented with recurrent inflammation, dicharge, and epiphora 24 month after inertion of lacrimal plug; urgical intervention and partial reection of the cicatrized canaliculi wa neceary. Light microcopic hitology revealed canaliculi detruction, reactive tiue embedding of the plug, and diociated plug material. Concluion The application of Herrick lacrimal plug may not be reverible and may require invaive urgical intervention.