Subconjunctival and Orbital Silicone Oil Granuloma (Siliconoma) Complicating Intravitreal Silicone Oil Tamponade
Figure 3
Excision of silicone oil granuloma and histopathology of excised mass. (a) Removed mass which was caused by silicone oil leakage. (b) Melting focus located at 1 o’clock around equator of eyeball which was already healed. Brownish uveal tissue (arrow). (c), (d) Multiple small and large lipid droplets which are silicone oil material (s) surrounded by foreign body giant cells (arrows) with less prominent fibrosis (Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, 200 and 400, resp.).
