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01-12-2014 | Letter to the Editor
A comparison of retrokeratoprosthetic membrane and conjunctival inflammatory responses to silicone oil
Authors:
Aubrey L Gilbert, Frederick A Jakobiec, James Chodosh, Dean Eliott
Published in:
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
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Issue 1/2014
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Abstract
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.