Spontaneous regression and disappearance of subclinical rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
OBJECTIVE
To report spontaneous regression and disappearance of subclinical rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.


METHODS
Case reports.


RESULTS
Three separate areas of subclinical retinal detachment in two eyes of two patients were followed without treatment for 35 years (Case 1) and 28 years (Case 2). The three areas of subclinical retinal detachment spontaneously regressed and disappeared. There has been no recurrence of subclinical retinal detachment in Case 1 for 12 years and 14 years, and in Case 2 for 12 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Subclinical retinal detachment can show spontaneous regression and disappearance as its natural outcome when observed without intervention.
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University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity