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Absorbable Implant Foreign Body Reaction Masquerading as Orbital Cellulitis.

Poly-DL-lactide polymer implants absorb over a period of 6 to 12 months and have been used with increasing frequency for repair of orbital fractures. The authors describe the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with orbital inflammation 10 months following repair of a white-eyed blowout fracture with a poly-DL-lactide implant. Rapid improvement in symptoms followed initiation of oral steroids, with excellent long-term result. Clinical presentation and treatment response implicated a foreign body inflammatory reaction as the underlying etiology of symptoms. Ophthalmologists and orbital surgeons should be aware that absorbable implants can demonstrate this late idiosyncratic complication.

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