PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - B. G. Goldstein AU - P. R. Pavan TI - 'Blow-outs' in the retinal pigment epithelium. AID - 10.1136/bjo.71.9.676 DP - 1987 Sep 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 676--681 VI - 71 IP - 9 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/71/9/676.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/71/9/676.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1987 Sep 01; 71 AB - A hole was detected in the epithelium of a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment in two patients. Leakage through the hole led to an elevation of the overlying neurosensory retina in each case. The resulting vision was 20/70 in one eye and 20/30 in the other. The defects in the RPE occurred in a setting different from that usually seen with tears in the pigment epithelium and had a different clinical appearance.