Intracranial migration of intraocular silicone oil mimicking metastatic disease
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Nurahmed Mohammed1, Daniel Urbine1
1Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, FL, USA.
Abstract:
Silicone oil (SO) is a commonly used agent of intraocular endotamponade for treating complicated retinal detachment. We report a case of SO migration into the cerebral ventricles which was initially misdiagnosed as metastatic disease. Misinterpretation of SO as metastatic disease in a patient with a lung nodule triggered admission to a medical intensive care unit and unnecessary evaluation with further imaging and invasive procedures.
