title: Retinoschisis and retinal detachment, an ultrasonic comparison.
abstract: The ultrasonic appearance of retinoschisis is a single echo similar to, but of smaller amplitude than that of retinal detachment and separated from the scleral echo by a silent space representing subretinal fluid . Quantitative ultrasonic measurements were made in a series of patients and show a statistically significant difference between the acoustic reflectivities of the separated retina in retinoschisis and retinal detachment.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography