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The accessory lacrimal glands form up to 60 small nodules, which are located close to the conjunctival fornix and at the edge of the upper tarsus. In spite of the fact they are believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of dry eye disease, they have escaped the attention of morphologists. Recently, we have developed a technique to biopsy those glands at the occasion of ptosis operations.
A more detailed original publication on this topic has been submitted to German J. Ophthalmol.
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Seifert, P., Spitznas, M., Koch, F., Cusumano, A. (1994). Light and Electron Microscopic Morphology of Accessory Lacrimal Glands. In: Sullivan, D.A. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 350. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2417-5_3
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