Retinal detachment with atopic dermatitis similar to traumatic retinal detachment.
OBJECTIVE
The cause of retinal detachment (RD) with atopic dermatitis remains uncertain. The purpose of this study is to show that the probable cause of RD with atopic dermatitis is ocular contusion.


METHODS
The authors retrospectively compared the fundus findings of 24 eyes (16 patients) that had RD and atopic dermatitis with 36 eyes (36 patients) that had traumatic RD.


RESULTS
The authors found similar characteristics. Retinal breaks at vitreous base borders characterized by ocular contusion occurred in 79.2% of eyes with RD and atopic dermatitis and in 75.0% of eyes with traumatic RD. Irregular retinal traumatic breaks in the equatorial zone occurred in 20.8% of eyes with RD and atopic dermatitis and in 47.2% of eyes with traumatic RD. Objective signs of ocular contusion outside the retina appeared in 54.2% of eyes with RD and atopic dermatitis.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors' data support the conclusion that self-inflected ocular contusion by tapping the eyes can cause RD with atopic dermatitis.
Oka
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Ideta Eye Hospital, Kumamoto City, Japan.
Ideta
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Nagasaki
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Watanabe
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Shinagawa
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies