Idiopathic infantile chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2011 Jul 14:42 Online:e63-4. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20110707-02.

Abstract

The authors describe a 3-month-old female infant with infantile rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with no associated congenital or developmental abnormalities. The unique presentation of this patient indicates that the detachment was a result of an early developmental defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • Cryotherapy
  • Female
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Laser Coagulation
  • Retina / abnormalities*
  • Retina / growth & development*
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology*
  • Retinal Detachment / physiopathology
  • Retinal Detachment / therapy
  • Retinal Perforations / etiology*
  • Retinal Perforations / pathology
  • Retinal Perforations / physiopathology
  • Retinal Perforations / therapy
  • Scleral Buckling
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Visual Acuity