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From: Delayed onset porous polyethylene implant-related inflammation after orbital blowout fracture repair: four case reports

Fig. 2

Patient 2. a A 69-year-old male presented with persistent swelling at the inferomedial side of the right eye for 5 months. b Three months after explantation. c Coronal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed peri-implant low signal intensity (arrows) with high signal intensity in the surrounding tissue at the inferomedial orbit in the gadolinium-enhanced fat-saturated T1 image. d The histopathological findings showed foreign body granuloma with inflammatory cell aggregation adjacent to the fragmented polyethylene sheet (inset: explanted implant) (hematoxylin and eosin staining, 400×)

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