Pyogenic granuloma following silicone punctal plugs: report of two cases.
OBJECTIVE
To report two cases of pyogenic granuloma following silicone punctal plugs.


METHODS
Interventional case reports.


RESULTS
The authors report two cases of pyogenic granuloma secondary to silicone punctal plugs and their lacrimal sequelae following surgical removal in one case and conservative treatment with removal of the plug alone in another. The former case developed no lacrimal sequelae while the second case developed punctal scarring. Spontaneous loss of plugs was common to both the cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with punctal plugs should be informed about plug-related problems and encouraged to report them.
Musadiq
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Wolverhampton and Midlands Counties Eye Infirmary, Wolverhampton, U.K.
Mukherji
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S
Sandramouli
S
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D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012828:Silicones