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360 Degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue thirteen years after silicone circle buckle operation
G Rosenthal1, R Rabinowitz, H Zirkin
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
International Ophthalmology
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
To demonstrate a granulomatous reaction to silicone buckel thirteen years after retinal detachment surgery. We report on a 71-year-old man who developed a 360 degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue due to silicone circle buckel. The granulation tissue was demonstrated by a computer tomography and histologically. A granulomatous reaction to silicone circle buckel can be found many years from the first operation. Biopsy is always necessary to establish a definitive diagnosis. Treatment of 360 degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue causing ocular dysfunction is by surgical excision.