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Ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment in young patients
1Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Background And Objective:
To investigate the ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in young patients.
Patients And Methods:
The vitreous conditions of 861 patients younger than 30 years were studied retrospectively and examined biomicroscopically.
Results:
In the first and second decades of life, retinitis pigmentosa, nondiabetic retinal vascular disorders, and a history of ocular contusion were most commonly associated with PVD. In the third decade of life, proliferative diabetic retinopathy was overwhelmingly the condition most commonly associated with PVD.
Conclusion:
This study delineated the ocular pathologic conditions associated with PVD in young patients. These findings may be useful in the management of PVD in patients younger than 30 years.