title: Pneumatic retinopexy for retinal detachment associated with choroidal coloboma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of retinal detachment in an eye with choroidal coloboma treated with pneumatic retinopexy and laser.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 34-year-old woman who had had poor vision in her left eye since early childhood and high myopia in her right eye complained a sudden deterioration of vision in her left eye for 3 days. Fundus examination of the left eye showed a large choroidal coloboma, extending to the disc margin from 5-8 o'clock inferiorly and above the inferotemporal arcade, excluding the fovea and the parafovea. Superotemporal bullous detachment of the retina was also observed, including the macula. The patient underwent a pneumatic retinopexy with SF(6) gas (0.5 cc) injection into the vitreous cavity. The following day laser was applied around the margin of the choroidal coloboma. Three months later, visual acuity was 20/200 and fundus examination disclosed a completely attached retina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates the feasibility of using pneumatic retinopexy in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. fabriziogiansanti@interfree.it
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giansanti
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuntoli
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazzini
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pieretti
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbruzzese
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Menchini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications*; D003452:Cryosurgery; D058450:Endotamponade; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride