Choroidal Detachment in a Patient on a CPAP Therapy
Emilia Żurowska, Emilia Zwolińska, Iwona Rospond-Kubiak · 2026
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Description
Żurowska and colleagues reported in 2026 a rare eye case in a 76-year-old man treated for sleep apnoea with a CPAP machine. CPAP means a mask that blows air steadily to keep airways open at night. He came to an eye cancer clinic with suspected tumour, plus floaters, flashes, and tunnel-like vision in his left eye. Scans instead showed a large choroidal detachment, meaning fluid had lifted the eye's middle layer.
Eye pressure rose and sight worsened over the first weeks despite steroid and pupil-dilating drops. Doctors added pressure-lowering drops, and over sixteen weeks the detachment slowly settled. No tumour was found at any point. They advise eye teams to consider breathing therapy history when a detachment has no clear cause. The case also shows that careful watching and drops can succeed without surgery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Emilia Żurowska, Emilia Zwolińska, Iwona Rospond-Kubiak |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |