Retinal redetachment involving a macular hole resulting from hypotony after trabeculectomy in a highly myopic eye

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2007 Sep-Oct;38(5):406-9. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20070901-10.

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with high myopia underwent trabeculectomy 21 months after a successful vitrectomy with peeling of the internal limiting membrane to treat a bullous retinal detachment associated with a macular hole. A shallow retinal detachment involving the macular hole developed on the sixth postoperative day after a 3-day period of hypotony. This case was unique because recurrence of the retinal detachment involving a macular hole in a highly myopic eye occurred in association with hypotony after glaucoma filtering surgery, with the retinal detachment resolving spontaneously following normalization of intraocular pressure even though the macular hole remained open.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myopia / physiopathology
  • Myopia / surgery*
  • Ocular Hypotension / diagnosis
  • Ocular Hypotension / etiology*
  • Ocular Hypotension / physiopathology
  • Recurrence
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Retinal Detachment / diagnosis
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology*
  • Retinal Detachment / physiopathology
  • Retinal Perforations / diagnosis
  • Retinal Perforations / etiology*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Trabeculectomy / adverse effects*