Retinal break adjacent to the optic disc causing retinal detachment in a pathological myopia
Retinal detachment is one of the common complications of pathological myopia due to presence of retinal break. However, retinal break commonly occurs in the peripheral retina. This case report illustrates the rare incidence of retinal break adjacent to the optic disc, highlights the possible causes...
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my-ukm.journal.122812018-11-02T22:00:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12281/ Retinal break adjacent to the optic disc causing retinal detachment in a pathological myopia Noor Aniah A, Bastion MLC, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Retinal detachment is one of the common complications of pathological myopia due to presence of retinal break. However, retinal break commonly occurs in the peripheral retina. This case report illustrates the rare incidence of retinal break adjacent to the optic disc, highlights the possible causes of poor visual outcome following surgical repair as well as the possible measures to treat the complications. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12281/1/5._noor_aniah_et_al_2.pdf Noor Aniah A, and Bastion MLC, and Mushawiahti Mustapha, (2017) Retinal break adjacent to the optic disc causing retinal detachment in a pathological myopia. Journal of Surgical Academia, 7 (2). pp. 21-23. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc/7/2 |
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Retinal detachment is one of the common complications of pathological myopia due to presence of retinal break. However, retinal break commonly occurs in the peripheral retina. This case report illustrates the rare incidence of retinal break adjacent to the optic disc, highlights the possible causes of poor visual outcome following surgical repair as well as the possible measures to treat the complications. |
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Retinal break adjacent to the optic disc causing retinal detachment in a pathological myopia |
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