Spontaneous resolution of a shallow detachment of the macula in a highly myopic eye

• Published in: American journal of ophthalmology Vol. 135; no. 4; pp. 546 - 547
• Main Authors: Polito, Antonio, Lanzetta, Paolo, Del Borrello, Michele, Bandello, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2003; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Eyes & eyesight; Female; Humans; Interferometry; Light; Macula Lutea - physiopathology; Medical sciences; Myopia - complications; Myopia - physiopathology; Ophthalmology; Remission, Spontaneous; Retina; Retinal Detachment - diagnosis; Retinal Detachment - physiopathology; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Tomography; Vision disorders; Visual Acuity; Human; Vision disorder; Spontaneous; Myopia; Maculopathy; Case study; Eye; Macula; Eye disease; Refractive error; Evolution; Unsticking; Elderly
• ISSN: 0002-9394; 1879-1891
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02080-9

To report a case of pathologic myopia with shallow detachment of the macula and anatomic reattachment after spontaneous posterior vitreous separation. Observational case report. A 66-year-old woman with pathologic myopia presented with decreased vision of 20/400 in her left eye. Biomicroscopy showed myopic chorioretinal changes, posterior staphyloma, and a shallow macular elevation. Optical coherence tomography was performed at the initial and follow-up examinations. Initial optical coherence tomography revealed a retinal detachment, retinoschisis, and incomplete posterior vitreous detachment. One and one-half years after the initial visit the patient’s best-corrected visual acuity improved to 20/200, and optical coherence tomography disclosed macular reattachment, release of vitreous adhesions, and restoration of normal retinal tomographic appearance. Spontaneous resolution of chronic shallow detachment of the macula in highly myopic eyes may occur and can be attributed to spontaneous posterior vitreous detachment.