Transient tractional retinal detachment in an eye with retinitis pigmentosa

Shuichiro Hirahara, Yoshio Hirano, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Abstract: We present a case of retinitis pigmentosa with vitreoretinal traction-associated retinal detachment. The retinal detachment was detected in the nasal periphery. No retinal breaks and no active vascular leakage were observed by fundus scopy and fluorescein angiography, respectively. However, 8 months later, the tractional retinal detachment was spontaneously resolved with posterior vitreous detachment.

Keywords: retinitis pigmentosa, vitreoretinal traction, retinal detachment

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