title: Congenital preretinal arterial loop: Is it a misnomer?
abstract: We describe a case of recurrent spontaneous vitreous haemorrhage due to congenital retinal arterial loop. The pre-optical coherence tomography showed the loop to be intraretinal rather than pre retinal. Thus the term pre retinal arterial loop is a misnomer. The arterial loop is in the superficial layer of retinal nerve fiber layer. We also demonstrated preretinal posterior hyaloid tissue attached on the retinal arterial loop, which may be the cause of traction and spontaneous recurrent VH.
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Laxmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gella
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kazi
keywords: Arterial loop; optical coherence tomography; vitreous hemorrhage