Presentación inusual de un cuerpo extraño intraocular / Retained intraocular foreign body. An unusual presentation
Arch. Soc. Esp. Oftalmol
; 80(7): 425-428, jul. 2005. ilus
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RESUMEN
Caso Clínico Se trata de un hombre de 25 años con desprendimiento de retina unilateral y presencia de una masa pre-retiniana ipsilateral. Ecográficamente la masa periférica presentaba una reflectividad alta. Se realizó un cerclaje escleral en 360Þ con vitrectomía vía pars plana convencional. El examen histopatológico reveló un CEIO no metálico rodeado por una cubierta de tejido fibroso.Discusión:
Los cuerpos extraños intraoculares rodeados con tejido fibroso y presencia de vasos nutricios se pueden presentar con las características de un granuloma periférico por toxocara, otro diagnóstico diferencial para tener presenteABSTRACT
Clinical case A 25-year-old man presented with a unilateral retinal detachment, and an ipsilateral preretinal mass; ultrasonographic findings included a high-reflective peripheral mass and a retinal fold. A presumptive diagnosis of a peripheral toxocara granuloma was entertained. We performed a 360 degree circumferential scleral buckle and a conventional vitrectomy via the pars plana. Histologic examination of the mass defined a central non-metallic foreign body surrounded by fibrous tissue. Discussion:
An intraocular non-metallic foreign body, surrounded by a fibrous capsule and feeding and draining blood vessels, can mimic the characteristics of a peripheral toxocara granuloma, and the differential diagnosis has to be kept in mind
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Main subject:
Retinal Detachment
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Eye Foreign Bodies
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Arch. Soc. Esp. Oftalmol
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Asociación para evitar la Ceguera en México/México