title: Fibrous capsule from extruded implant used as graft material in cul-de-sac reconstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Tenzel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Doss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate