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David Rp Almeida1, Eric K Chin1, H Culver Boldt1
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Omics Laboratory, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Abstract:
We present a case of a 41-year-old man who was referred for evaluation of a choroidal tumor with a remote history of scleral buckle placement for traumatic retinal detachment. Ocular imaging, echography, and magnetic resonance imaging could not rule out a neoplastic process so the patient was taken for surgical exploration where a hemorrhagic cyst was discovered. This is the first case in the literature of a silicone scleral buckle-associated hemorrhagic cyst presenting as orbital mass.
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