title: Surgical treatment of an exudative retinal detachment associated with a giant retinal pigment epithelial tear.
abstract: After cataract surgery, a 69-year-old man presented with hypotony and choroidal effusion followed by retinal pigment epithelium tear and exudative detachment of the retina. Vitrectomy with fluid-air exchange successfully led to reattachment of all layers.To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of successful surgical management of exudative detachment secondary to retinal pigment epithelium tears.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors: Uday R
authors: UR
authors: Desai
authors: Nitin
authors: N
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058450:Endotamponade; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; D005938:Glucocorticoids; C009935:prednisolone acetate; D011239:Prednisolone; C042852:perflutren