title: Idiopathic infantile chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
abstract: The authors describe a 3-month-old female infant with infantile rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with no associated congenital or developmental abnormalities. The unique presentation of this patient indicates that the detachment was a result of an early developmental defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. haaziz@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Hassan A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Audina M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Berrocal
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sisk
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D017679:Cryotherapy; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D012160:Retina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000254:growth & development*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity