Published in:
01-03-2004 | Short Communication
Massive retinal gliosis: a late complication of retinal detachment surgery
Authors:
Faik Gelisken, Werner Inhoffen, Jens Martin Rohrbach, Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt
Published in:
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
|
Issue 3/2004
Login to get access
Abstract
Purpose
Massive retinal gliosis is a rare, benign, intraocular tumor. It develops mostly in long-standing ocular disease such as chronic inflammation, vascular disorders, glaucoma, trauma, or congenital abnormalities. We report on a case of massive retinal gliosis, which developed 17 years following retinal detachment surgery.
Results
A 64-year-old woman developed a peripheral fundus tumor 17 years after successful retinal detachment surgery. Follow-up examination demonstrated growth of the mass. The tumor was treated by pars plana vitrectomy and local endoresection. Histopathological study revealed massive reactive gliosis of the retina.
Conclusions
To our knowledge, this is the first histopathologically proven case of a massive retinal gliosis, which developed after a non-drainage retinal detachment surgery. Endoresection is a therapeutic option in suspected massive retinal gliosis. It provides material for histological diagnosis which obviates unnecessary intervention in a functioning eye.