Front of left eye with eyelids separated. Caruncula visible and labeled at left.
Details
System
Eye
Identifiers
Latin
caruncula lacrimalis
TA98
A15.2.07.049
TA2
6844
FMA
77672
Anatomical terminology
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The lacrimal caruncle, or caruncula lacrimalis, is the small, pink, globular nodule at the inner corner (the medial canthus) of the eye.[1] It consists of tissue types of neighbouring eye structures. It may suffer from lesions and allergic inflammation.
^Okumura, Yuta; Takai, Yoshiko; Yasuda, Shunsuke; Terasaki, Hiroko (2017). "Bilateral lacrimal caruncle lesions". Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. 79 (1): 85–90. doi:10.18999/nagjms.79.1.85. ISSN 0027-7622. PMC 5346624. PMID 28303065.
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