Retinal detachment in retinitis pigmentosa.
Three cases of retinal detachment occurring in patients with retinitis pigmentosa are presented and three previously reported cases reviewed. All the detachments were rhegmatogenous. One patient had a horseshoe tear, one had oral bay tears, two had dialyses, one a giant tear and in one case the break was not specified. Three patients were high myopes. All the patients were young males. The five operable cases all responded satisfactorily to conventional surgery. Histologically apparent adhesions between retinal pigment epithelium and neuroretina have been described in advanced cases of retinitis pigmentosa in older patients and may not be present in younger patients with less advanced disease. Until these adhesions occur patients with retinitis pigmentosa may have no additional protection against retinal detachment.
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*