Hemorrhagic detachment of the peripheral retinal pigment epithelium

Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1985 Mar;62(3):161-4. doi: 10.1097/00006324-198503000-00002.

Abstract

Peripheral hemorrhagic detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium after choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration in the fellow eye have been reported only rarely. We report a case of a 75-year-old male with such involvement who presented with the acute onset of a shower of floaters in the right eye 9 months after argon laser photocoagulation of juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization in his left eye. The peripheral hemorrhagic detachment resolved within one month.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choroid / blood supply
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Laser Therapy
  • Light Coagulation
  • Male
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / complications
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology*
  • Retinal Hemorrhage / complications*