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Case Reports
. 1999 Oct;77(5):599-600.
doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770526.x.

Macular ring in a patient with Terson's syndrome

A D Sadeh  1 , M Lazar, A Loewenstein
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Macular ring in a patient with Terson's syndrome

A D Sadeh et al. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 1999 Oct.
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Abstract

Purpose: To report on a pigmented finding in the macula that is unique to Terson's syndrome, and was previously described only once.

Method: A 49-year-old man underwent vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage due to Terson's syndrome. During surgery the retina was exposed, and a pigmentation was noticed around the macula. Follow-up of the macular finding is presented.

Results: At surgery a pigmented "ring" encircling the macula was revealed. Two and six months later, the pigmented line was still noticed, and an epiretinal membrane appeared in the temporal macula.

Conclusion: Terson's syndrome may be associated with a pigmented "ring" encircling the macula, a finding that may be a result of a detachment of the internal limiting membrane (ILM). The epiretinal membrane that was later noticed, might also be related to the damage to the ILM.

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