Intraocular silicone oil migration into the ventricles resembling intraventricular hemorrhage. Case report and review of literature.

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Intraocular silicone oil migration into the ventricles resembling intraventricular hemorrhage. Case report and review of literature.

World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr 03;:

Authors: Filippidis AS, Conroy TJ, Maragkos GA, Holsapple JW, Davies KG

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intracranial silicone migration is a rare complication of ocular silicone oil endotamponade and may resemble intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The etiology of the phenomenon is challenging to understand.
CASE DESCRIPTION: In an effort to shed light, we report a case of a 67-year-old woman with ocular silicone oil endotamponade on the left eye due to retinal detachment presenting with headaches at the Emergency Department. The imaging work-up revealed intraventricular silicone oil migration.
CONCLUSIONS: The literature is reviewed through the perspective of pathophysiology. The migration of intraocular silicone oil into the ventricular system provides both an important complication for clinicians to be aware of, as well as a paradigm reminding us that cerebrospinal fluid spaces may have more extensive communications with other body compartments than previously thought.

PMID: 28385656 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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