Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tear after Vitrectomy for Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome in an Eye with Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation

Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tear after Vitrectomy for Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome in an Eye with Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation

An 87-year-old Japanese man presented with retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) and a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment in his right eye. His decimal best-corrected visual acuity was 0.15 in the right eye, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed a vitreomacular adhesion in the rig...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Baba, Juntaro Uehara, Masayasu Kitahashi, Hirotaka Yokouchi, Mariko Kubota-Taniai, Toshiyuki Oshitari, Shuichi Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Retinal angiomatous proliferation
Vitreomacular traction syndrome
Vitrectomy
Retinal pigment epithelium tear
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355829

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