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A comparison of retrokeratoprosthetic membrane and conjunctival inflammatory responses to silicone oil

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2014

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10.1186/s12348-014-0015-y

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Gilbert, Aubrey L, Frederick A Jakobiec, James Chodosh, and Dean Eliott. 2014. “A comparison of retrokeratoprosthetic membrane and conjunctival inflammatory responses to silicone oil.” Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 4 (1): 15. doi:10.1186/s12348-014-0015-y. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-014-0015-y.

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Silicone oil continues to be an important aid in retinal detachment surgery. We report a case in which disparate responses to silicone oil were noted in the conjunctiva and intraocularly. Intraocularly, the oil permeated a fibrous membrane that formed behind a keratoprosthesis, the first example of this phenomenon. We detail the histological response to the oil at this site as well as a distinctly different reaction present to oil in the conjunctiva of the same eye. The divergence of histological responses provides a demonstration of the eye's apparent retained capacity to protect against intraocular inflammation, despite multiple previous surgeries.

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Retrokeratoprosthetic membrane, Granulomatous reaction, Silicone oil, Conjunctiva

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