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Unexpected outcome (positive or negative) including adverse drug reactions
CASE REPORT
Suction-induced retinopathy: optical coherence tomography correlations
  1. Tiago Fernandes,
  2. Cristina Freitas,
  3. Luís Mendonça,
  4. Keissy Sousa
  1. Ophthalmology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tiago Fernandes, tiagfilip{at}gmail.com

Summary

We report a clinical case of a teenager whose eyes were exposed to highly negative suction pressures for brief seconds. The patient presented with a bilateral cystoid macular oedema associated with a thickening of outer nuclear layer evidenced by optical coherence tomography. The patient’s constellation of findings is most easily explained by the abrupt expansion and traction of a cohesive vitreous base onto the retinal layers.

  • retina
  • macula

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224531

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors TF conducted the planning, reporting, aquisition of data and construction of the manuscript.CF and LM conducted the planning and consctruction of the manuscript.KS conducted the concept, the design and construction of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.