OBJECTIVE To identify symptoms in patients with isolated posterior vitreous detachment predictive for the later development of retinal breaks. METHODS Two hundred eighty consecutive patients seen with symptoms of posterior vitreous detachment were prospectively asked to complete a questionnaire detailing their symptoms. At the time of presentation and follow-up, all patients had a full ophtha...

MGS is an uncommon congenital optic disc anomaly, which was first described by Kindler [1]. It is characterized by an enlarged funnel-shaped dysplastic disc with glial tissue. The retinal vessels are increased in number, appear to arise from the disc edge and run an abnormally straight course over the peripapillary retina [2,3]. Retinal detachment may occur in about one-third of cases of MGS [4...

A Giant Retinal Tear (GRT) is defined as a full-thickness retinal break extending circumferentially for 3 clock hours (90°) in the presence of a posteriorly detached vitreous [1]. GRTs are rare; their incidence has not been well established in the literature. The true incidence of GRTs is difficult to assess given their rarity, but one recent study estimates 0.094 per 100,000 of the general pop...

CASE REPORT A 70-years-old woman presented with a one week history of progressive loss of vision in the right eye (RE) diagnosed as retinal detachment from 7 to 1 o' clock with retinal break at the 10.30 o' clock associated. Gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain and orbits with fat suppression showed a convexity meningioma. Scleral buckling with a segmental spon...

Critical fl icker frequency (CFF) was investigated in a free swimming harp seal using behavioral techniques. The resulting CFF vs intensity curve indicates a defi nite rod/cone break, suggesting a duplex photoreceptor population, whose presence had not been observed in previous morphological reports. 1 This research was supported by a National Research Council of Canada Grant to the second auth...

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is an important cause of visual impairment and one of the most common ocular emergencies threatening vision. Timely surgical intervention is crucial to prevent permanent visual loss. The fundamental principles used in the surgical management of RD are the identification and subsequent closing of all retinal breaks, and relieving vitreous traction on the r...

Background and Objective To evaluate full-thickness macular hole (MH) formation in the postoperative period after initial vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rRD). Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 4 consecutive eyes that required additional vitrectomy for full-thickness MH between April 2013 and March 2016 after undergoing an initial vitre...