A Case of Treatment of a Retinal Detachment Associated with Choroidal Coloboma.

Moon, Ae Ry; Moon, Nam Ju; Lee, Won Ki

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1996;37(7):1230-1235.
Published online July 1, 1996.

A Case of Treatment of a Retinal Detachment Associated with Choroidal Coloboma.

¹Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Collgeg of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.

맥락막결손증과 동반된 망막박리 치료 1례

문애리(Ae Ry Moon),문남주(Nam Ju Moon),이원기(Won Ki Lee)

Abstract

Congenital coloboma which is characterized by an absence of a part of normal ocular tissues involving iris, lens, ciliary body, choroid, and optic nerve. And choroidal coloboma is a rare disease in which there are defects of a part or all parts of choroid and retinal pigment epithelium. Retinal detachment has been reported in 23-42% of the patients with choroidal coloboma, and when retinal breaks are within the area of coloboma, conventional scleral buckling technique has resulted in low rates of anatomic success. We report a case of choroidal coloboma combined by retinal detachment which was treated by pars, plana vitrectomy, fluid-gas exchange, and laser photocoagulation.

Key Words: Coloboma;Retinal detachment;Retinal break;Vitrectomy