American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 152-155 , March 2011

Neonatal dacryocele with endonasal cyst: revisiting the management

  • Moshe Hain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affiliated with the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, P.O. Box-1, Rehovot, Israel. Tel.: +972 8 9441649; fax: +972 8 9441794.
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  • Yosef Bawnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affiliated with the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Meir Warman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affiliated with the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Doron Halperin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affiliated with the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Hana Leiba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Head of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Neuroophthalmology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Affiliated with the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 4 November 2009

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☆ Each of the authors has contributed to, read and approved this manuscript. This manuscript, or any part of it, has not been previously published, and it is not under consideration elsewhere.

☆☆ The authors did not receive grant or any support regarding this article. The authors have no relevant financial interest in this article.

PII: S0196-0709(09)00265-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.11.009

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 152-155 , March 2011

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