title: 360 Degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue thirteen years after silicone circle buckle operation.
abstract: To demonstrate a granulomatous reaction to silicone buckel thirteen years after retinal detachment surgery. We report on a 71-year-old man who developed a 360 degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue due to silicone circle buckel. The granulation tissue was demonstrated by a computer tomography and histologically. A granulomatous reaction to silicone circle buckel can be found many years from the first operation. Biopsy is always necessary to establish a definitive diagnosis. Treatment of 360 degrees of epibulbar granulation tissue causing ocular dysfunction is by surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zirkin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001706:Biopsy; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012590:Sclera / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012826:Silicone Elastomers