Lattice Lesion

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File number: 2014


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    Condition/keywords
    vitreous condensation, vitreoretinal attachment, glial proliferation, lattice degeneration, scleral indentation, white retinal tuft
    Description
    This lattice lesion in a 44-year-old woman shows an interesting tuft arising from the edge of the lesion and seen well against the background of the shadow of the indentation. It is caused by glial proliferation into the vitreous condensation at the edge of the lesion. Around the borders of each lattice lesion there is an invariable attachment of condensed vitreous. It is this vitreoretinal attachment that comprises the chief danger of lattice lesions where it may lead to acute retinal tears and retinal detachment at the time of posterior vitreous detachment.

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