title: Traumatic chorioretinal folds treated with intra-vitreal triamcinolone injection.
abstract: A 34-year-old male visited the hospital due to decreased visual acuity in the left eye following an injury from a car accident. In the left eye, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motion and intraocular pressure (IOP) was 8 mmHg. Choroidal vasodilation and chorioretinal folds were observed by spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Topical and systemic steroid treatments did not improve the chorioretinal folds. Twelve months after the injury, intra-vitreal triamcinolone (4 mg/0.1 ml) was injected. Six months after intra-vitreal triamcinolone injection, BCVA in the left eye had improved to 20/100. Fundus examination showed improvement in retinal vascular tortuosity and SD-OCT revealed improvements in choroidal vasodilation and chorioretinal folds. Intra-vitreal triamcinolone injection (IVTI) was effective against traumatic chorioretinal folds with no recurrence based on objective observation by fundus photography and SD-OCT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, KyungHee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kook Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung-Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Moosang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014221:Triamcinolone