PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - T J Smit AU - L Koornneef AU - F W Zonneveld TI - Conjunctival cysts in anophthalmic orbits. AID - 10.1136/bjo.75.6.342 DP - 1991 Jun 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 342--343 VI - 75 IP - 6 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/75/6/342.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/75/6/342.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1991 Jun 01; 75 AB - Five out of 149 patients (3%) who received an intraorbital implant to prevent or treat the disfiguring symptoms associated with the postenucleation socket syndrome developed intraorbital conjunctival cysts. All five patients had received a secondary implant two 14 months previously. After excision of the cysts four patients required additional surgery for lack of conjunctiva and/or recurrent cyst formation. The clinical findings, mechanism of development, and management of this rare but serious complication of socket surgery are described.