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By Norman Byer
From Dr. Norman E. Byer’s “The Peripheral Retina in Profile” - Uploaded on Nov 9, 2012.
- Last modified by Chayal Patel on Nov 14, 2012.
- Reviewed by Chayal Patel
- Rating
- Appears in
- Miscellaneous
- Condition/keywords
- free operculum, tractional retinal tear, detached vitreous
- Description
- This is the same lesion and shows the free operculum in better focus. This is an unusual location for a tractional retinal tear, and the increased mobility of the detached vitreous in the posterior part of the eye may have been a factor leading to the complete rupture of this retinal flap.