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Abstract #49110 Published in IGR 14-1
Occurrence and Surgical Management of a Cerebrospinal Fluid-Filled Cystoid Space Following Routine Enucleation
Elmalem VI; Harris GJOphthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2012; 28: e117-e118
A 73-year-old woman underwent routine enucleation for a blind, painful eye related to end-stage diabetic retinopathy and neovascular glaucoma. A large cystoid space, in continuity with the optic nerve stump, formed around the implant in the first few weeks following surgery. Aspirated contents were positive for β-2 transferrin, confirming cerebrospinal fluid origin. Multiple comorbidities delayed surgical intervention, but the condition was ultimately managed with exposure of the patent optic nerve sheath at the compartment's base, temporary control of cerebrospinal fluid leakage with pulmonary hyperventilation and topical fibrin glue, dissection and vascular-clip ligation of the nerve stump, and capping with a dermis-fat graft. To the authors' knowledge, this postenucleation entity has not been previously described, and asymptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension may have been an underlying factor.
Section of Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Full articleClassification:
9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
