Lacrimal duct defect (LCDD) is a congenital disease characterized by lacrimal duct partial absence or total lacrimal duct absence. LCDD is one of the causes of epiphora in infants and adolescents. Mutations in IGSF3 gene have been found in the patients with congenital absence of lacrimal puncta and canaliculi.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the eye, eyelid or lacrimal apparatus
LA14 Structural developmental anomalies of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus or orbit
H02514 Lacrimal duct defect
