Intracranial migration of silicone oil from an eye with optic pit.
BACKGROUND
The origin of subretinal fluid in eyes with optic pit remains controversial.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
The authors found that silicone oil, implanted into an eye that developed proliferative vitreoretinopathy after surgery for optic pit-related macular detachment, has migrated into the subarachnoid space.


CONCLUSIONS
As this case shows, cerebrospinal fluid may migrate into the submacular space in eyes with optic pits.
Kuhn
Ferenc
F
Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, Birmingham, AL, USA. fkuhn@mindspring.com
Kover
Ferenc
F
Szabo
Ilona
I
Mester
Viktoria
V
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012827:Silicone Oils; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D014821:Vitrectomy
D012827:Silicone Oils