Early Decomposition of Retained Heavy Silicone Oil Droplets

PURPOSE: To report a case of early decomposition of retained heavy silicone oil droplets. CASE REPORT: The single highly myopic eye of a 16-year-old boy with history of scleral buckling and buckle revision developed redetachment due to inferior retinal dialysis. The patient underwent pars plana vitr...

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Autor principal: Banaee, Touka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ophthalmic Research Center 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737389
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of early decomposition of retained heavy silicone oil droplets. CASE REPORT: The single highly myopic eye of a 16-year-old boy with history of scleral buckling and buckle revision developed redetachment due to inferior retinal dialysis. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy and injection of heavy silicone oil. Early emulsification of the silicone oil was observed following surgery, which was removed 4 weeks later in another operation. Retained heavy silicone droplets lost their heavier- than-water specific gravity within 2 months together with extensive iris depigmentation, and release of pigment granules into the anterior chamber and vitreous cavity. CONCLUSION: This case report demonstrates that heavy silicone oil droplets can undergo in vivo chemical decomposition with possible toxic effects on ocular tissues.
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spelling pubmed-33811102012-06-26 Early Decomposition of Retained Heavy Silicone Oil Droplets Banaee, Touka J Ophthalmic Vis Res Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of early decomposition of retained heavy silicone oil droplets. CASE REPORT: The single highly myopic eye of a 16-year-old boy with history of scleral buckling and buckle revision developed redetachment due to inferior retinal dialysis. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy and injection of heavy silicone oil. Early emulsification of the silicone oil was observed following surgery, which was removed 4 weeks later in another operation. Retained heavy silicone droplets lost their heavier- than-water specific gravity within 2 months together with extensive iris depigmentation, and release of pigment granules into the anterior chamber and vitreous cavity. CONCLUSION: This case report demonstrates that heavy silicone oil droplets can undergo in vivo chemical decomposition with possible toxic effects on ocular tissues. Ophthalmic Research Center 2012-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3381110/ /pubmed/22737389 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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