Retinal Pigment Epithelium Sequelae Caused by Blunt Ocular Trauma: Incidence, Visual Outcome, and Associated Factors.

ABSTRACT: Vision loss can occur in eyes with blunt ocular trauma, but the causes have not been elucidated fully. We encountered cases of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) sequelae following blunt ocular trauma associated with permanent vision loss in our cohort of patients with blunt ocular trauma. In this multicentre retrospective cohort study on 129 patients with retinal abnormalities caused by acute blunt ocular trauma, we investigated the incidence of RPE sequelae and evaluated associated factors and visual outcomes. RPE sequelae, which typically presented as hyperpigmentation within well-demarcated hypopigmented lesions, occurred in 29 (22.5%) patients within 1 month of trauma. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed complete photoreceptor loss over the abnormal RPE. Final visual outcomes we

SUBMITTER: Ahn SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5660211 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature