Stellate Nonhereditary Idiopathic Foveomacular Retinoschisis

Clinical Characteristics of Idiopathic Foveomacular Retinoschisis

“…Even current cases were different from the stellate nonhereditary idiopathic foveomacular retinoschisis reported by Ober et al 29 with slight myopia and attached posterior hyaloid in majority of their patients. The characteristics of current cases were older age, unilaterality, hyperopia with short axial length, complete PVD, and weak leakage from the optic disk on FA.…”

“…Ober et al 29 reported on 22 eyes of 17 patients without juvenile retinoschisis, myopic foveoschisis, VMTS, pit macular syndrome, or glaucoma who were included in a multicenter study. Most eyes were myopic (n = 16), 3 eyes were emmetropic, and 2 eyes were hyperopic, and some involvement of the vitreous also was considered because 19 eyes did not have a PVD.…”

Stellate nonhereditary idiopathic foveomacular retinoschisis concomitant to exudative maculopathies

“…1 Stellate nonhereditary idiopathic foveomacular retinoschisis (SNIFR) has been recently described as a new category of stellate foveal retinoschisis in which there is no evidence of hereditary or acquired predisposing condition. 2 Given its recent identification, the prevalence of this condition among patients with exudative maculopathies is unknown. We retrospectively analysed the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings acquired on 600 new patients attending a single tertiary referral centre between May 2012 and January 2014 for exudative maculopathies in Belfast, Northern Ireland.…”

Long‐term stability of an asymptomatic optic pit with foveolar retinoschisis

“…For example, it has been documented that induced ablation of the Muller cells produce a spontaneous schisis at the inner retina . It has also been suggested that Muller cell anomalies may contribute to the pathogenies of X‐linked retinoschisis and analogous inter‐cellular adhesion defects in stellate nonhereditary idiopathic retinoschisis . Of relevance is the observation of the reactive gliosis of the Muller cells described in glaucoma .…”