title: Retinal dialysis: lack of evidence for a genetic cause.
abstract: The author reviewed 150 cases of retinal detachment secondary to retinal dialysis. In 95 cases (63%) a definite history of ocular trauma was obtained. In 91% of the 45 cases with superonasal, superotemporal or inferonasal involvement there was a history or evidence of blunt injury, compared with 63% of the 105 cases with inferotemporal involvement. Review of the family history, eye examinations of close relatives and ophthalmoscopic follow-up of the fellow eye in the 35 cases of inferotemporal dialysis with no history or evidence of trauma ruled out a genetic basis for the dialysis. Forgotten or denied trauma or a nongenetic developmental anomaly were felt to be the cause of the dialysis in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D014792:Visual Acuity