Traumatic pigmentary retinopathy

A 56-year-old man with unilateral pigmentary retinopathy had sustained an ocular injury ten years previously. Pathologic examination of the enucleated eye disclosed a spicular pigmentary pattern of the retina in the temporal and inferior sectors. The macular region showed only selective loss of photoreceptor cells and epiretinal membrane formation. The nasal and superior sectors were unremarkable. These findings suggested that traumatic pigmentary retinopathy is not a progressive lesion that always leads to total retinal destruction.