LACRIMAL GLAND ULTRASOUND

Niki Koutrouza-Tavlaridis
and Ayman Elzarka

 

INTRODUCTION
The lacrimal gland is located at the supratemporal orbit, it consists of two lobes, the orbital lobe and the much smaller palpebral lobe. Only the palpebral lobe can be visualised clinically. Hence, disease processes, which only affect the orbital lobe, can only be detected later in the course of these conditions.