PURPOSE: To report the clinical features of tractional internal limiting membrane (ILM) detachment in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: We reviewed the optical coherence tomography images of 249 eyes in the high myopia clinic. ILM detachment was observed in six eyes (2.4%). We investigated the clinical feature of this finding. RESULTS: Myopic foveoschisis (MF) was present in four of the six eyes (67%) (six patients, two men and four women; mean age, 57.3 years). The mean axial length was 29.3 mm and the mean refractive error was -15.0 diopters. The best-corrected visual acuity levels ranged from 20/400 to 20/13. CONCLUSIONS: Rigidity of the ILM seems to cause tangential traction and results in a major cause of a disease specific to high myopia; that is, MF.
PURPOSE: To report the clinical features of tractional internal limiting membrane (ILM) detachment in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: We reviewed the optical coherence tomography images of 249 eyes in the high myopia clinic. ILM detachment was observed in six eyes (2.4%). We investigated the clinical feature of this finding. RESULTS:Myopic foveoschisis (MF) was present in four of the six eyes (67%) (six patients, two men and four women; mean age, 57.3 years). The mean axial length was 29.3 mm and the mean refractive error was -15.0 diopters. The best-corrected visual acuity levels ranged from 20/400 to 20/13. CONCLUSIONS:Rigidity of the ILM seems to cause tangential traction and results in a major cause of a disease specific to high myopia; that is, MF.
Authors: Quan V Hoang; Ching-Lung Chen; Jose Garcia-Arumi; Pamela R Sherwood; Stanley Chang Journal: Br J Ophthalmol Date: 2015-06-30 Impact factor: 4.638
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