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01-08-2009 | Case Report

Bilateral, symmetric and simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Predisposition or coincidence? A case report

Authors: Antonio Piñeiro, Pedro Pacheco, María José Copena, Clemente Lastres, Manuel Sánchez-Salorio

Published in: International Ophthalmology | Issue 4/2009

Abstract

The following is a case report of a 65-year-old patient who had previously been diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma and who was experiencing a sudden loss of both visual acuity and of superior visual field in both eyes. In the ophthalmological examination, a bilateral, symmetric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment that affected the inferior quadrants of both eyes was detected. The retinal detachment was caused by a retinal horseshoe break located at the equator of 6 h in each eye. The factors that could determine the predisposition for and/or the coincidence of bilateral and symmetric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment will be discussed.

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Title: Bilateral, symmetric and simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Predisposition or coincidence? A case report
Authors: Antonio Piñeiro
Pedro Pacheco
María José Copena
Clemente Lastres
Manuel Sánchez-Salorio
Publication date: 01-08-2009
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Ophthalmology / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0165-5701
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2630
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-008-9208-4

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Bilateral, symmetric and simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Predisposition or coincidence? A case report

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