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Giant pigment epithelial tear and exudative retinal detachment complicating choroidal effusions. 1998

D A Laidlaw, and R Poynter

Vitreo Retinal Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom. AlLaidlaw@aol.com

OBJECTIVE 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. RESULTS 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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010857	Pigment Epithelium of Eye	The layer of pigment-containing epithelial cells in the RETINA; the CILIARY BODY; and the IRIS in the eye.	Eye Pigment Epithelium
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
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
D005451	Fluorescein Angiography	Visualization of a vascular system after intravenous injection of a fluorescein solution. The images may be photographed or televised. It is used especially in studying the retinal and uveal vasculature.	Fluorescence Angiography,Fundus Fluorescence Photography,Angiography, Fluorescein,Angiography, Fluorescence,Fluorescence Photography, Fundus,Photography, Fundus Fluorescence
D005654	Fundus Oculi	The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, and blood vessels, seen by means of the ophthalmoscope. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Fundus of the Eye,Ocular Fundus,Fundus, Ocular
D005902	Glaucoma, Open-Angle	Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.	Glaucoma Simplex,Glaucoma, Pigmentary,Glaucoma, Simple,Open-Angle Glaucoma,Chronic Primary Open Angle Glaucoma,Glaucoma, Compensated,Glaucoma, Compensative,Glaucoma, Open Angle,Glaucoma, Primary Open Angle,Glaucoma, Secondary Open Angle,Primary Open Angle Glaucoma,Secondary Open Angle Glaucoma,Compensated Glaucoma,Compensative Glaucoma,Open Angle Glaucoma,Open Angle Glaucomas,Open-Angle Glaucomas,Pigmentary Glaucoma,Simple Glaucoma,Simplex, Glaucoma,Simplices, Glaucoma
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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