Optical coherence tomography findings in valsalva retinopathy.
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the plane of premacular hemorrhage in Valsalva retinopathy with optical coherence tomography


METHODS
Observational case report


METHODS
Two young men with Valsalva stress-related premacular hemorrhage were evaluated by OCT scans, taken just above the level of sedimented blood.


RESULTS
In both cases, OCT demonstrated two distinct membranes: a highly reflective band immediately above the premacular hemorrhage, corresponding to the internal limiting membrane, and an overlying patchy membrane with low optical reflectivity consistent with posterior hyaloid.


CONCLUSIONS
OCT supported the clinical impression that the plane of premacular hemorrhage in Valsalva retinopathy is probably under ILM. Larger case studies are required to confirm this finding.
Shukla
Dhananjay
D
Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. daksh66@rediffmail.com
Naresh
Kannan B
KB
Kim
Ramasamy
R
D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver; D014792:Visual Acuity