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Serous retinal detachment and cystoid macular edema in hypotony maculopathy. 2001

G T Kokame, and M D de Leon, and T Tanji
Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii 96701, USA. retinahi@aol.com

OBJECTIVE To report the foveal structural findings of hypotony maculopathy imaged with optical coherence tomography. METHODS Case report of a 39-year-old white woman with a 20 year history of uveitis, who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana Baerveldt implant for intractable glaucoma. Four months postoperatively, decreased vision and hypotony maculopathy ensued. Optical coherence tomographic (OCT) images were taken horizontally through the macula. RESULTS OCT demonstrated large intraretinal cysts, serous macular detachment, and choroidal folds, which resolved upon resolution of hypotony. CONCLUSIONS Cystic macular changes and serous macular detachment can be prominent features of hypotony maculopathy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007368 Interferometry Measurement of distances or movements by means of the phenomena caused by the interference of two rays of light (optical interferometry) or of sound (acoustic interferometry). Interferometries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008266 Macula Lutea An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototropic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Lutea, Macula,Luteas, Macula,Macula Luteas
D008269 Macular Edema Fluid accumulation in the outer layer of the MACULA LUTEA that results from intraocular or systemic insults. It may develop in a diffuse pattern where the macula appears thickened or it may acquire the characteristic petaloid appearance referred to as cystoid macular edema. Although macular edema may be associated with various underlying conditions, it is most commonly seen following intraocular surgery, venous occlusive disease, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, and posterior segment inflammatory disease. (From Survey of Ophthalmology 2004; 49(5) 470-90) Central Retinal Edema, Cystoid,Cystoid Macular Edema,Macular Edema, Cystoid,Cystoid Macular Dystrophy,Cystoid Macular Edema, Postoperative,Irvine-Gass Syndrome,Macular Dystrophy, Dominant Cystoid,Edema, Cystoid Macular,Edema, Macular,Irvine Gass Syndrome,Syndrome, Irvine-Gass
D012163 Retinal Detachment Separation of the inner layers of the retina (neural retina) from the pigment epithelium. Retinal detachment occurs more commonly in men than in women, in eyes with degenerative myopia, in aging and in aphakia. It may occur after an uncomplicated cataract extraction, but it is seen more often if vitreous humor has been lost during surgery. (Dorland, 27th ed; Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p310-12). Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment,Detachment, Retinal,Detachments, Retinal,Retinal Detachments
D012164 Retinal Diseases Diseases involving the RETINA. Disease, Retinal,Diseases, Retinal,Retinal Disease
D003941 Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the eye or of vision disorders. Diagnostic Technic, Ophthalmological,Diagnostic Technics, Ophthalmologic,Diagnostic Technics, Ophthalmological,Diagnostic Technique, Ophthalmological,Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmologic,Ophthalmological Diagnostic Technic,Ophthalmological Diagnostic Technics,Ophthalmological Diagnostic Technique,Ophthalmological Diagnostic Techniques,Technic, Ophthalmological Diagnostic,Technics, Ophthalmological Diagnostic,Technique, Ophthalmological Diagnostic,Techniques, Ophthalmological Diagnostic,Diagnostic Technic, Ophthalmologic,Diagnostic Technique, Ophthalmologic,Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Technic,Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Technics,Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Technique,Ophthalmologic Diagnostic Techniques,Technic, Ophthalmologic Diagnostic,Technics, Ophthalmologic Diagnostic,Technique, Ophthalmologic Diagnostic,Techniques, Ophthalmologic Diagnostic
D005122 Exudates and Transudates Exudates are fluids, CELLS, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from BLOOD VESSELS usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS. Transudates,Exudates,Transudates and Exudates,Exudate,Transudate
D005260 Female Females

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