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Abstract
A coralline hydroxyapatite orbital implant may be placed after ocular enucleation
or evisceration. It must be vascularized to support epithelialization of a hole drilled
in its anterior face for insertion of a motility peg. We used gadolinium-DTPA enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the orbits of two patients to assess fibrovascular
penetration into their implants. MRI provides a reliable determination of implant
vascularization and greater anatomic detail than 99m technetium-MDP bone scanning.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 6,
1992
Received:
February 14,
1992
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© 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.
