Table 1.
Initial presenting symptoms among patients with lacrimal sac lesions.
| Benign | Malignant | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | |||
| Lump/mass | 9/19∗ (47%) | 6/10 (60%) | 3/6∗ (50%) | 0.8 |
| Epiphora | 6/19∗ (32%) | 5/10 (50%) | 2/6∗ (33%) | 0.61 |
| Discharge | 3/19∗ (16%) | 1/10 (10%) | 0.54 | |
| Pain | 2/19∗ (11%) | 4/10 (40%) | 0.06 | |
| Bloody tears | 1/19∗ (5%) | 2/10 (20%) | 0.21 | |
| Proptosis | 2/10 (20%) | |||
| EOM limitation | 1/10 (10%) | |||
| Headache | 1/10 (10%) | |||
| Nasal obstruction | 1/6∗ (17%) | |||
| Epistaxis | 1/6∗ (17%) | |||
| Tinnitus | 1/6∗ (17%) | |||
| Otalgia | 1/6∗ (17%) | |||
Values are presented as n (%). ∗Symptom data were available on 19 patients with benign lesions, 10 patients with primary malignant lesions, and 6 patients with secondary malignant lesions.