Hydrogel explant extrusion masquerading as a malignant eyelid lesion.

Authors

• Craig N Czyz, OhioHealth
• Thomas P Petrie, OhioHealth
• Kelly R Everman
• Kenneth V Cahill, OhioHealth
• Jill A Foster, OhioHealth

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery

Abstract

Hydrogel was a commonly used material for scleral buckling in the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Use of hydrogel ceased due to a high complication rate, including frequent migration. Various symptoms and clinical findings have been reported with hydrogel migration. There have been no published reports of hydrogel migration to the eyelid anterior to the orbital septum with erosion of the orbicularis and bleeding as a presenting symptom. The authors describe a patient with hydrogel migration to the upper eyelid, with symptomology and clinical findings consistent with a malignant eyelid lesion. Excisional biopsy of extraorbital hydrogel is recommended in these cases.

First Page

25

Last Page

27

DOI

10.1097/IOP.0b013e31825ca8cc

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Recommended Citation

Czyz CN, Petrie TP, Everman KR, Cahill KV, Foster JA. Hydrogel explant extrusion masquerading as a malignant eyelid lesion. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Jan-Feb;29(1):e25-7. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31825ca8cc. PMID: 22836796.