title: Three-dimensional visualization of vitreoretinal abnormalities in high myopia.
abstract: The authors have evaluated with three-dimensional (3D) spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) four highly myopic eyes (2 patients) presenting with peripapillary detachment of the pigment epithelium (PDPM), vitreoretinal tractions, and myopic retinoschisis. Three-dimensional SD-OCT analysis of PDPM revealed an optically empty space localized beneath the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). A peripapillary separation of the retina-RPE complex from the choroid could explain the presence of this space. The 3D imaging of vitreomacular tractions could help physicians plan the appropriate surgical approach in patients with myopic posterior detachment due to macular hole.
authors.affiliation: Eye Department, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Raimondo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manzi
authors.forename: Otello
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Crecchio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*