Severe macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery in an infant
- Department of Ophthalmology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Correspondence to: Noriyuki Azuma, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, National Children's Hospital, 3-35-31 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154–8509, Japan; nazuma{at}nch.go.jp
- Accepted 16 August 2001
The appearance and clinical course of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in children are more complicated than those of adults, because the retinal detachments are generally associated with trauma or congenital anomalies.1, 2 In an infant, especially, an unexpected course may develop; however, the incidence of these detachments is so low that treatment and complications have scarcely been described in the literature. We report an infant who developed severe macular pucker after retinal detachment surgery.
Case report
A 2 week old male infant was referred with a diagnosis of bilateral congenital cataracts. The pregnancy and delivery had been uncomplicated. His mother also had had congenital cataracts. Both eyes of the infant had dense zonular cataracts. The patient had no associated ocular problems on slit lamp biomicroscopy or gonioscopy and no abnormalities on physical examination. …
