title: Intracranial migration of silicone oil from an eye with optic pit.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, Birmingham, AL, USA. fkuhn@mindspring.com
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kover
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Viktoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mester
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils