Retinal pigment epithelial tear involving the fovea with preserved visual function.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging
; 34(3): 217-20, 2003.
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ABSTRACT
Tears of the retinal pigment epithelium are known to occur either spontaneously or after laser photocoagulation in eyes with retinal pigment epithelium detachment. A 65-year-old man with preexisting retinal pigment epithelium detachment developed a retinal pigment epithelium tear after dye laser retinal photocoagulation. The tear gradually expanded to involve the fovea, but his best-corrected visual acuity remained 0.7 in the left eye during 20 months. Optical coherence tomography showed a defect of the retinal pigment epithelium with absence of regeneration. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy revealed his fixation approached intact retinal pigment epithelium, but was still beneath the fovea. This case may indicate that the retinal pigment epithelium directly beneath the central macula is not essential for maintenance of the overlying foveal function under some conditions.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Epitelio Pigmentado Ocular
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Perforaciones de la Retina
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Agudeza Visual
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Coagulación con Láser
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Fóvea Central
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging
Asunto de la revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón