Macular ring in a patient with Terson's syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To report on a pigmented finding in the macula that is unique to Terson's syndrome, and was previously described only once.


METHODS
A 49-year-old man underwent vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage due to Terson's syndrome. During surgery the retina was exposed, and a pigmentation was noticed around the macula. Follow-up of the macular finding is presented.


RESULTS
At surgery a pigmented "ring" encircling the macula was revealed. Two and six months later, the pigmented line was still noticed, and an epiretinal membrane appeared in the temporal macula.


CONCLUSIONS
Terson's syndrome may be associated with a pigmented "ring" encircling the macula, a finding that may be a result of a detachment of the internal limiting membrane (ILM). The epiretinal membrane that was later noticed, might also be related to the damage to the ILM.
Sadeh
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The Department of Ophthalmology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel.
Lazar
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Loewenstein
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D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013577:Syndrome