Chronic Inflammation in an Anophthalmic Socket due to a Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Implant - CORE CORE Services Services overviewExplore all CORE services Access to raw data API Dataset FastSync Content discovery Recommender Discovery Managing content Repository dashboard Packages Repository edition About About us Our mission Team Blog FAQs Contact us 10.1159/000445496 Chronic Inflammation in an Anophthalmic Socket due to a Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Implant Authors Alicia Galindo-Ferreiro Laila AlGhafri +5 more Sahar M. Elkhamary Azza Maktabi Alberto Gálvez-Ruiz Julio Galindo-Alonso Silvana Schellini Proff Publication date 2016 Publisher Karger Publishers Abstract Two case reports are used to illustrate the signs and symptoms, complications and treatments of chronic socket inflammation due to intraorbital implants. The ophthalmic examination, surgeries and treatments are documented. Two anophthalmic cases that underwent enucleation and multiple orbital surgeries to enhance the anophthalmic socket volume developed pain, intense discharge and contracted cavities with chronic inflammation in the socket which was nonresponsive to medical therapy. Computed tomography indicated a hypodense foreign body in both cases causing an intense inflammatory reaction. The implants were removed by excisional surgery and a room temperature vulcanized silicone implant was retrieved in both cases. Socket inflammation resolved in both cases after implant removal. An intraorbital inflammatory reaction against an intraorbital implant can cause chronic socket inflammation in patients with a history of multiple surgeries. Diagnosis requires imaging and the definitive treatment is implant removal article Chronic inflammation Orbital implant Inflammation Orbit Silicone Ophthalmology RE1-994 Similar works Full text Directory of Open Access JournalsProvided original full text link oai:doaj.org/article:1d25b0b9536f41cab4a874a206b6cdcb Last time updated on 10/14/2017 This paper was published in Directory of Open Access Journals. Having an issue? Is data on this page outdated, violates copyrights or anything else? Report the problem now and we will take corresponding actions after reviewing your request. Report Useful links Blog About CORE Contacts Cookies Privacy notice Accessibility Writing about CORE? Discover our research outputs and cite our work. CORE is a not-for-profit service delivered by The Open University and Jisc.
