Analysis of clinical and imaging predictors of response to corticosteroid therapy in inflammatory dacryoadenitis.

Younger age and a longer symptom duration are associated with poorer corticosteroid response in inflammatory dacryoadenitis.

Although Diffusion-Weighted Imaging hyperintensity was linked to treatment failure, the absence of corresponding apparent diffusion coefficient abnormalities limits its reliability as a predictive marker.

Overall, conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging appears to have limited value in predicting therapeutic response.