title: Posterior vitreal detachment in decompression illness--case report and discussion.
abstract: We report a case of a healthy leisure diver presenting with simultaneous unilateral posterior vitreous detachment and decompression illness. The literature is reviewed for both conditions. There are no known publications associating these 2 entities and leads us to propose that nitrogen bubble formation could have contributed to the etiology of vitreal separation from the retina.
authors.affiliation: London Diving Chamber and Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, London NW8 9NH, UK. edg232@aol.com
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dan-Goor
authors.forename: Riaz
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asaria
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Borthwick
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Firth
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheather
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications*; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000209:etiology*