PMID- 27769586 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170626 LR - 20180305 IS - 1549-4713 (Electronic) IS - 0161-6420 (Linking) VI - 123 IP - 12 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Clinical and Ultrastructural Studies of Epiretinal Pigmentary Deposits after Retinectomy with Silicone Oil. PG - 2595-2602 LID - S0161-6420(16)31114-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.08.049 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Large relaxing retinectomies have become increasingly used in the repair of retinal detachment related to proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Retinectomies expose the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to the vitreous cavity; the direct effects of silicone oil on the RPE are only beginning to be understood. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS: Twelve patients noted to develop pigmented epiretinal deposits at regularly scheduled follow-up visits after repair of complex retinal detachments using silicone oil tamponade and retinectomy. METHODS: Epiretinal pigment deposits were characterized clinically by wide-field color photography, fundus autofluorescence imaging, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT). At the time of silicone oil removal, the pigmented membranes were preserved in fixative and analyzed by light microscopy/immunostaining or electron microscopy for histologic characterization. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Not applicable. RESULTS: We describe the development of diffuse preretinal pigmentary deposits in 12 eyes after surgery for complicated PVR detachments using retinectomies with oil, with an average onset of 3.2 months postoperatively. These pigment clumps produced a striking leopard-spot pattern on fundus autofluorescence imaging. Histopathologic and ultrastructural analysis of these epiretinal proliferations peeled at the time of silicone oil removal revealed RPE cells with intracellular silicone oil droplets, singly dispersed membrane-bound melanin granules, glial tissue (1 case), and a fibrous stroma. CONCLUSIONS: Although in vitro studies have suggested that RPE cells can phagocytose emulsified oil droplets, this report represents the first in vivo documentation by electron microscopy of this phenomenon in patients. These findings underscore that direct contact with silicone oil may affect the behavior of the RPE, which may be clinically relevant in patients who have undergone large relaxing retinectomies with silicone oil tamponade for PVR-related retinal detachments. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Sachdeva, Mira M AU - Sachdeva MM AD - Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Jakobiec, Frederick A AU - Jakobiec FA AD - David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Stagner, Anna M AU - Stagner AM AD - David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Papakostas, Athanasios AU - Papakostas A AD - Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Eliott, Dean AU - Eliott D AD - Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Dean_Eliott@meei.harvard.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161018 PL - United States TA - Ophthalmology JT - Ophthalmology JID - 7802443 RN - 0 (Emulsions) RN - 0 (Silicone Oils) SB - IM MH - Emulsions MH - Endotamponade/*adverse effects/methods MH - Epiretinal Membrane/*etiology/pathology MH - Female MH - Granuloma, Foreign-Body/*etiology/pathology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures/*adverse effects MH - Retinal Detachment/*surgery MH - Retinal Pigment Epithelium/*ultrastructure MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *Silicone Oils MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence MH - Visual Acuity MH - Vitrectomy MH - Vitreous Body EDAT- 2016/10/23 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/27 06:00 CRDT- 2016/10/23 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/08/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0161-6420(16)31114-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.08.049 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ophthalmology. 2016 Dec;123(12):2595-2602. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.08.049. Epub 2016 Oct 18.