title: MR appearance of intraocular silicone oil.
abstract: A 41-year-old man with AIDS and cytomegalovirus retinitis with retinal detachment was studied with CT and MR. Part of his treatment had been a vitrectomy with intravitreal injection of silicone oil as an attempt to stop further retinal detachment. This form of therapy is being used more frequently and radiologists should be familiar with the imaging appearance of such deposits of silicone oil. In this case the oil was hyperdense to muscle on CT and had a homogeneous intermediate signal intensity on all pulse sequences on MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, City University of New York, New York 10029.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lidov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maldjian
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Glajchen
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Som
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017726:Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / Q000150:complications*; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012827:Silicone Oils; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils