Spontaneous reattachment of the margins of a macular retinal pigment epithelium tear: Optical coherence tomography documentation of a case

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-161

  Pece, Alfredo ^a   Vitale, Lucia ^a   Milani, Paolo ^b   Pierro, Luisa ^c  

^a Ospedale Predabissi   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Oftalmico e   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Optical coherence tomography; Reattachment; Retinal pigment epithelium tear

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70049098967     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236910     Document Type: Article

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