Fibrous capsule from extruded implant used as graft material in cul-de-sac reconstruction

A 74-year-old woman underwent radiation therapy for ocular malignant melanoma. The eye was subsequently enucleated. Three years later, implant migration and conjunctival contracture necessitated a socket reconstruction. The fibrous capsule that formed around the migrated implant proved to be an easily harvested and effective tissue for expanding the contracted socket.