Ultra-widefield optical coherence tomography demonstrates subtle vitreoretinal interface changes driving conversion of retinoschisis to retinal detachment
Alberto Quarta, Rouzbeh Abbasgholizadeh, Saghar Bagheri, SriniVas R Sadda, Michael S Ip · 2026
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Description
Alberto Quarta and co-authors share a 2026 case where ultra-widefield OCT imaging caught the quiet steps by which a split retina, called retinoschisis, turned into a detached retina. The splitting is usually harmless and slow, so the change is rarely witnessed in fine detail.
Wide scans showed a hole forming in the outer layer alone, inside the split zone, while the thickened inner layer pulled from above. Gentle waves on the outer layer's inner face hinted at an earlier tug-of-war between the layers. None of these signs needed a matching inner hole, and only the wide view made them visible. The case shows how broad imaging can explain, and perhaps predict, a rare turn for the worse.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alberto Quarta, Rouzbeh Abbasgholizadeh, Saghar Bagheri, SriniVas R Sadda, Michael S Ip |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14303 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |