title: Optical coherence tomography findings in valsalva retinopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. daksh66@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Dhananjay
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Kannan B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Naresh
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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