Recurrent anophthalmic socket infections due to leakage of reposited infectious fluid from a microfractured glass orbital implant.
Recurrent anophthalmic socket infections resulted in spontaneous extrusion of a spherical glass implant filled with sequestered fluid. Orbital imaging had revealed a fluid collection within the implant. While rarely used in developed countries, these implants are commonly used around the world due to their low cost and success in anophthalmic socket rehabilitation. Infection within an anophthalmic socket should alert the practitioner to the possibility of sequestered infectious fluid within these types of implant through a fractured breach.
DeBacker
Christopher M
CM
Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
D000368:Aged; D001826:Body Fluids; D015817:Eye Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054517:Orbital Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D020273:Orbital Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence