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Giant pigment epithelial tear and exudative retinal detachment complicating choroidal effusions
1Vitreo Retinal Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom. AlLaidlaw@aol.com
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 23, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a case of a giant pigment epithelial tear and transient exudative retinal detachment occurring in a patient with hypotonic choroidal effusions after trabeculectomy.
Methods:
Case report and brief literature review.
Result:
The retinal and choroidal detachments settled, disclosing an extremely large crescentic pigment epithelial defect in the temporal midperiphery.
Conclusions:
An exudative retinal detachment secondary to a peripheral pigment epithelial rip may complicate choroidal effusions. Recognition of this association may prevent unnecessary investigation or surgery.