title: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following chorioretinal inflammatory disease.
abstract: Preexisting ocular inflammatory disease was responsible for 44 cases (1.7%) of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a large series of consecutive retinal detachments. Characteristics of retinal detachments following ocular inflammatory disease include a longer duration of the detachment, fewer observable retinal breaks, a higher incidence of visible vitreous membranes and preoperative macular puckers, a younger age distribution, and a higher incidence of phakic patients. In comparing the group of postinflammatory rhegmatogenous retinal detachments with detachments not associated with inflammation, the following characteristics did not show any statistically significant difference: sex, the eye involved, the status of the ciliary epithelium, the presence or types of retinal folds, the rate of operative complications, or the rate of reattachment at six months.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications