A cyst-like foreign body reaction to porcine decellularized membrane (TarSys)

A 58-year-old Caucasian woman with thyroid eye disease underwent a bilateral lower eyelid blepharoplasty with porcine decellularized membrane (TarSys) eyelid spacer graft placement. Three months postoperatively, she developed unusual cyst-like masses in both lower eyelids that were excised. These we...

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Published inOphthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery Vol. 30; no. 4; p. e100
Main Authors Kim, H Joon, Grossniklaus, Hans E, Wojno, Ted H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2014
Subjects
Acellular Dermis
Blepharoplasty
Cysts - diagnosis
Cysts - etiology
Cysts - surgery
Eyelid Diseases - diagnosis
Eyelid Diseases - etiology
Eyelid Diseases - surgery
Female
Foreign-Body Reaction - diagnosis
Foreign-Body Reaction - etiology
Foreign-Body Reaction - surgery
Graves Ophthalmopathy - surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Transplantation, Heterologous - adverse effects
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Summary:A 58-year-old Caucasian woman with thyroid eye disease underwent a bilateral lower eyelid blepharoplasty with porcine decellularized membrane (TarSys) eyelid spacer graft placement. Three months postoperatively, she developed unusual cyst-like masses in both lower eyelids that were excised. These were found to be consistent with inflammatory cysts with a foreign body reaction. No such reaction has ever been reported.
ISSN:1537-2677
DOI:10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182a22c82