Spontaneous reattachment of the margins of a macular retinal pigment epithelium tear: optical coherence tomography documentation of a case.

PURPOSE To document by optical coherence tomography (OCT) the reattachment of the margins of a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear. METHODS Single case report, documented by OCT scans, autofluorescence and fluorescein angiography. RESULTS A 67-year-old male presented with a spontaneous RPE tear due to age-related macular degeneration in his right eye. Three months later we observed that the focal RPE tear had healed and there was a new intraretinal fluid, well documented by OCT imaging. CONCLUSIONS OCT scans show the reattachment of the margins of an RPE tear healed by tissue remodelling, and illustrate how the disease can recur.