1/2. Vitreal pathogenic role in optic pit foveolar retinoschisis and central serous retinopathy.PURPOSE: To expand on current theories concerning the vitreal-induced mechanism underlying the development of foveolar retinoschisis and macular sensory detachments associated with optic nerve head pits. To propose the notion that vitreal traction may contribute to the pathogenesis of serous detachments in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). REPORTS: We describe two patients, one with macular retinoschisis and the other with central serous detachment. The first patient, a 45-year-old Hispanic female, presented with a temporally located optic nerve head pit, foveolar retinoschisis and schisis retinal spaces extending to the surrounding macula and to the disc. The second patient, a 43-year-old Haitian male, developed a central serous retinal detachment OS with decreased visual acuity one day following in-office administration of Apraclonidine (0.5 per cent Iopidine, Alcon) and Dorzolamide-timolol Maleate (Cosopt, Merck) to lower elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Macular retinal pigment mottling and epiretinal membrane sheen OU had been observed on his initial visit. visual acuity improved within a three-day period with resolution of the serous detachment. CONCLUSION: We suggest that the persistence of Cloquet's canal may permit fluid leakage into the proximal vitreous in cases of congenital optic nerve head pits. Tangential vitreal traction may promote the opening of a fistula at the optic pit and additionally thrust vitreal fluid into the pit and retinal space inducing the formation of schisis spaces, foveolar-schisis and underlying sensory serous detachment. We question whether a reduction in vitreous volume, induced by initial administration of anti-glaucoma medications, may contribute to the development and/or recurrence of central serous choroidopathy in predisposed individuals.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = nerve (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. Unsuccessful vitrectomy without gas tamponade for macular retinal detachment and retinoschisis without optic disc pit.The mechanism of subretinal fluid accumulation in optic disc pit maculopathy is unknown. A 67-year-old Japanese woman complaining of blurred vision in her right eye presented with a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/200. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography examination showed maculopathy typically associated with optic disc pits, except that the patient had no optic disc pit. Long-acting gas tamponade was required to achieve reattachment of the retina and retinoschisis after initial failure of surgery using surgically induced vitreous detachment without either fluid-air exchange or gas injection. Vitreous traction may not have played a major role in introducing fluid into the submacular space in this case. Gas tamponade may be indispensable to achieve surgical success. This may also pertain to some cases of optic nerve pits.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.33333333333333keywords = nerve (Clic here for more details about this article) |