Optical coherence tomography of a giant, traumatic tear in the retinal pigment epithelium

Clinical evaluation of the arched blade for cataract surgery: authors' reply

“…In the partially detached vitreous, this vector may explain the frequent contraction towards the optic nerve head. Unfortunately, we find no information about the status of the posterior vitreous in the paper by Amiel et al (2006). However, the consecutive presence of a retinal horseshoe tear indicated vigorous traction of the vitreous due to the blunt trauma.…”

“…We thank the authors for bringing up these essential points. W ith great interest we read the article by Amiel et al (2006), which described a 43-year-old woman with an acute tear of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and a retinal horseshoe tear in her left eye following blunt trauma. The retinal tear was treated by laser retinopexy.…”

“…Heriot & Machemer (1992) postulated that the viability of these cells is essential to seal the RPE defect and restore central vision. Amiel et al (2006) underscore the vision-threatening nature of the traumatic RPE tear and the diagnostic role of OCT, which displays the scrolled RPE. Recently, we observed an acute RPE tear after an intravitreal Avastin injection, which also presents a small iatrogenic trauma to the eye.…”

Occult vitreo−macular traction may cause traumatic RPE tears

“…In the partially detached vitreous, this vector may explain the frequent contraction towards the optic nerve head. Unfortunately, we find no information about the status of the posterior vitreous in the paper by Amiel et al. (2006).…”

“…Amiel et al. (2006) underscore the vision‐threatening nature of the traumatic RPE tear and the diagnostic role of OCT, which displays the scrolled RPE.…”