title: Histopathology of commotio retinae.
abstract: The pathogenesis of commotio retinae in animal models has included extracellular edema, intracellular edema, and photoreceptor outer segment disruption. Histopathologic findings obtained within 24 hours of blunt trauma in a human eye with clinically-observed commotio retinae revealed photoreceptor outer segment disruption and damage to the retinal pigment epithelium. The major site of injury in commotio retinae seems to be at the level of the photoreceptor outer segment-retinal pigment epithelium junction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hogge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*