Hemorrhagic detachment of the peripheral retinal pigment epithelium.
Peripheral hemorrhagic detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium after choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration in the fellow eye have been reported only rarely. We report a case of a 75-year-old male with such involvement who presented with the acute onset of a shower of floaters in the right eye 9 months after argon laser photocoagulation of juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization in his left eye. The peripheral hemorrhagic detachment resolved within one month.
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D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*