title: Retinal detachment due to a retinal break in the macular atrophy of a myopic choroidal neovascularization.
abstract: In a case of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a highly myopic eye, repeated optical coherence tomography revealed a small break around the scar tissue of a myopic choroidal neovascularization that was difficult to observe with conventional slit-lamp examination using a contact lens due to severe chorioretinal atrophy. This article presents the optical coherence tomography findings of the retinal detachment before and after the treatment and discusses the pathologic role of myopic choroidal neovascularization in the retinal detachment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Muka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Akinobu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishimuta
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D009216:Myopia / Q000473:pathology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity