title: A developmental mechanism of spontaneous reattachment in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
abstract: This retrospective observational case series on eyes from three patients was done to elucidate the developmental mechanism of spontaneous reattachment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (SRRRD). The study eyes of each patients showed evidence of retinal break and diffuse retinal pigmentary change. Ultrasound biomicroscopic examination revealed vitreous fibers attached to the area around the retinal break. Posterior vitreous attachment was confirmed in each eye. A thin fibrovascular membrane incompletely sealing the retinal break was noted in one case. We suggest that the vitreous attachment around the retinal break and the sealing of the break with adjacent vitreous fibers seem to be involved in the developmental mechanism of SRRRD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Song Ee
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Se Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Chan-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012160:Retina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult