Retinoschisis

• By Norman Byer
  From Dr. Norman E. Byer’s “The Peripheral Retina in Profile”
• Uploaded on Nov 9, 2012.
• Last modified by Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA, FASRS on Feb 11, 2013.
• Reviewed by Chayal Patel

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retinoschisis, outer layer hole, white posterior, schisis detachment, rolled edges of retina, intact inner layer, localized detachment of outer layer

Description

This 51-year-old woman has retinoschisis with a large outer layer hole which has a white posterior rolled border. The left side of the posterior border of this hole can be seen to lie quite close to the inner layer showing that the outer layer is detached. This, therefore, is actually a combined schisis detachment which may safely be observed without treatment. This is an asymptomatic process, and the detachment of the outer layer is almost always localized and self limited.

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