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. 2020 Oct;68(10):2233-2234.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_36_20.

Atypical traumatic retinal tear

Himabindu Adusumilli  1 , Krishna P Chaitanya  1 , D Devi Bharathi  2 , Prameela Kada  3
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Atypical traumatic retinal tear

Himabindu Adusumilli et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atypical retinal tear; closed globe injury; horizontal retinal tear; retinal necrosis.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Left eye: Fundus photograph showing preretinal and subretinal hemorrhage at the posterior pole, choroidal rupture involving the fovea, extensive Berlin's edema, and an atypical wedge-shaped horizontal irregular retinal tear with underlying bare choroid (black arrows) secondary to closed globe injury
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