title: Macular retinoschisis associated with normal tension glaucoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe a case of macular retinoschisis in a patient with normal tension glaucoma without evidence of optic nerve pits or peripapillary retinoschisis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This patient, diagnosed with normal tension glaucoma, was noted to have macular retinoschisis in the right eye, with matching changes on visual field and optical coherence tomographic (OCT) results. Follow-up examination revealed that the schisis kept on appearing in the right eye.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Macular retinoschisis may appear in patients with normal tension glaucoma. It is possible that microholes in the thinning and structural defects areas in the nerve fiber layer around the optic cup allowed liquid vitreous to enter the retina via the nerve fiber layer. The fluid caused retinal edema, a schisis and even a serous retinal detachment. Further studies are needed to better understand this disease process.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Key Laboratory of Vision Loss and Restoration, Ministry of Education, People's Hospital of Peking University, Xizhimen South Street 11, Xi Cheng District 100044 Beijing, China.
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Zhao
authors: Xiaoxin
authors: X
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003008:Cloprostenol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D057066:Low Tension Glaucoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D000069557:Travoprost; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014794:Visual Fields
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003008:Cloprostenol; D000069557:Travoprost