T Hikichi1, C L Trempe. 1. Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in young patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The vitreous conditions of 861 patients younger than 30 years were studied retrospectively and examined biomicroscopically. RESULTS: In the first and second decades of life, retinitis pigmentosa, nondiabetic retinal vascular disorders, and a history of ocular contusion were most commonly associated with PVD. In the third decade of life, proliferative diabetic retinopathy was overwhelmingly the condition most commonly associated with PVD. CONCLUSION: This study delineated the ocular pathologic conditions associated with PVD in young patients. These findings may be useful in the management of PVD in patients younger than 30 years.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in young patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The vitreous conditions of 861 patients younger than 30 years were studied retrospectively and examined biomicroscopically. RESULTS: In the first and second decades of life, retinitis pigmentosa, nondiabetic retinal vascular disorders, and a history of ocular contusion were most commonly associated with PVD. In the third decade of life, proliferative diabetic retinopathy was overwhelmingly the condition most commonly associated with PVD. CONCLUSION: This study delineated the ocular pathologic conditions associated with PVD in young patients. These findings may be useful in the management of PVD in patients younger than 30 years.