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Ten years follow-up after surgery for a foveal detachment due to optic disc pit: a case report of outer retinal layer healing
- Source :
- BMC Ophthalmology, BMC Ophthalmology, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background To report a case of complete progressive visual recovery and healing of outer retinal layers after vitrectomy for foveal detachment associated with optic disc pit. Case presentation Optical coherence tomography (OCT) follow-up was performed on a 15-year-old boy with deep optic disc pit and foveal detachment, before and for 10 years after vitrectomy with gas. The foveal detachment was successfully reattached with complete reapplication of the retina. OCT scans showed a progressive long-term retinal healing with reappearance of the ellipsoid line and visual acuity improved from 20/100 before surgery to 20/25, 10 years after surgery. Conclusions Photoreceptor regeneration after foveal detachment surgery has been already described only in zebrafish but never humans. However, we highlight with this case that in humans, a healing process of the outer retinal layers can occur with reappearance of the ellipsoid zone on OCT. This healing process may take several years and allow a complete functional restoration.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Fovea Centralis
Visual acuity
genetic structures
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Foveal detachment
Optic Disk
Vitrectomy
Case Report
Retina
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
lcsh:Ophthalmology
Optical coherence tomography
Foveal
medicine
Optic disc pit
Humans
Regeneration
Eye Abnormalities
Retinal pigment epithelium
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Retinal Detachment
Retinal
General Medicine
Retinal Perforations
eye diseases
Surgery
Ophthalmology
Photoreceptor regeneration
medicine.anatomical_structure
Treatment Outcome
chemistry
lcsh:RE1-994
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Optic disc
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712415
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7c2eca3249bd968fa4651be2ab74afb1