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Apr 29 2022 by Otakar Dušek, M.D. Ph.D.

Color fundus photograph of a 24-year-old woman who was hit by a volleyball in her right eye. This caused whitening of the lower peripheral retina (Berlin's edema) i.e. commotio retinae.

Photographer: Otakar Dušek, Charles University, Prague

Imaging device: Zeiss Clarus

Condition/keywords: Berlin's edema, blunt trauma, commotio retinae

Sep 22 2021 by Luiz Guilherme Freitas, MD, MsC, PhD

Fundus photograph of a 30-year-old male patient with blunt injury to the globe. Commotio retinae is retinal whitening/opacification that results from a blunt injury. The ocular findings will often resolve in a matter of days to weeks. Vision loss can result from commotio involving the posterior pole (historically referred to as Berlin’s edema). Clinical findings of commotio include the characteristic retinal whitening. Commotio may result in significant vision loss that can be transient. Healing can result in pigmentary changes and retinal thinning which may be associated with poor visual recovery if the area of involvement is macular.

Photographer: Diogo Melo, Santa Luzia Eye Hospital Recife - PE – Brazil

Condition/keywords: Berlin's edema, blunt trauma, commotio retinae, retinal whitening

Dec 5 2021 by Aditya S Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS,FRCOphth

Color fundus photograph of a 34-year old man's left eye, 2 hours after a tennis ball injury, showing commotio retinae with Berlin's edema and cherry red spot in the fovea along with linear retinal tears in the temporal equatorial zone.

Photographer: Dr Sukanya Mondal. National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune. India.

Imaging device: Zeiss Clarus 500

Condition/keywords: Berlin's edema, cherry red spot, commotio retinae, retinal tear