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. 2020 Mar 23;192(12):E312.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.191337.

Retinal detachment

Jason M Kwok  1 , Caberry W Yu  1 , Panos G Christakis  2
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Retinal detachment

Jason M Kwok et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Fundus photograph of the left eye showing an acute retinal detachment in the superotemporal quadrant of the retina. It is elevated and bullous in appearance, and hides the underlying choroidal vessels from view. Given the proximity of the detachment to the macula (black arrowhead), a gas bubble was emergently injected into the eye to treat and preserve central vision. (B) Fundus photograph of the right eye showing a chronic retinal detachment in the inferotemporal quadrant with a retinal hole (white arrowhead) and a pigment demarcation line at the leading edge. The macula (black arrowhead) was not involved. A laser was used to treat the detachment to prevent progression of fluid toward the macula.
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