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.
Tenzel
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DP
Department of Ophthalmology, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033.
Conn
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Doss
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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
D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate