title: Intraventricular Silicone Oil: A Case Report.
abstract: Intracranial silicone oil is a rare complication of intraocular endotamponade with silicone oil. We describe a case of intraventricular silicone oil fortuitously observed 38 months after an intraocular tamponade for a complicated retinal detachment in an 82 year-old woman admitted in the Department of Neurology for a stroke. We confirm the migration of silicone oil along the optic nerve. We discuss this rare entity with a review of the few other cases reported in the medical literature. Intraventricular migration of silicone oil after intraocular endotamponade is usually asymptomatic but have to be known of the neurologists and the radiologists because of its differential diagnosis that are intraventricular hemorrhage and tumor.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology (SM, JC, J-PN); Department of Ophtalmology (MB); and Department of Radiology, CHU Poitiers, University of Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, Poitiers, France (J-PT, CS).
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boissonnot
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tasu
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simonet
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciron
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neau
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000378:metabolism*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000628:therapy; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D060205:Therapeutic Occlusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils