Table 3 CT-DCG imaging features of primary canaliculitis (126 patients, 137 canaliculi).

From: The novel diagnostic value and characteristic imaging features of CT dacryocystography in primary lacrimal canaliculitis

CT-DCG imaging features

No. (%)

dilatation of the canaliculus

127 (92.7%)

Filling defects

Only filling defects close to

canalicular lumen wall

110 (80.3%)

38 (27.7%)

Only central radiolucency

with surrounding

enhancement

47 (34.3%)

Both

25 (18.2%)

Beading appearance

41 (29.9%)

Small diverticula

13 (9.5%)

Raggedness

35(25.5%)