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Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Figure 1. Color retinography showing a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with an upper horseshoe tear and macular involvement.

Description

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is a process in which, mostly spontaneously, a separation of the neurosensory retina from the retinal pigment epithelium occurs due to a leak in the retinal periphery. Photopsia and myodesopsia are the symptoms that most frequently appear in the initial stages, followed by progressive vision loss as the retinal detachment progresses.

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Indication

A 65-year-old woman consulted for progressive lower visual loss in her left eye over the course of one week, with corrected visual acuity for hand movement at the time of examination. The anterior segment examination was unremarkable, but funduscopic examination of the left eye revealed rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with an upper retinal tear and macular involvement (Figure 1).