Infected aluminum oxide orbital implant.
Porous orbital implant infection is rare. The diagnosis may be delayed as the initial symptoms and signs are not always indicative of implant infection. It is often only with time, a persistence of symptoms and signs, and additional symptoms and signs that implant infection is suspected.
Jordan
David R
DR
University of Ottawa Eye Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada. drjordan@magma.ca
Brownstein
Seymour
S
Robinson
J
J
D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020878:Device Removal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D020273:Orbital Implants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000537:Aluminum Oxide