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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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Year : 2023 | Volume
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Descending watermarks in self-settling retinal detachment
Amber Amar Bhayana, Priyanka Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Date of Web Publication | 20-Jan-2023 |
Correspondence Address: Amber Amar Bhayana ESIC Medical College and Hospital, NIT-3, Faridabad - 121 001, Haryana India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1912_22
How to cite this article: Bhayana AA, Prasad P. Descending watermarks in self-settling retinal detachment. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023;3:253 |
A 30-year-old male patient with laser-delimited rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 6 years ago was found to have the detachment resolved with 3 watermark lines (arrows) [Figure 1].[1] We hypothesize the watermarks to be timeline markers of resolving rather than progressing detachment, the reasons being the following: first, progressive inverse relations of anteroposterior to lateral dimensions of successive watermark arcs; second, non-concentricity of watermarks to each other and laser barrage margin of original detachment, both being re-enforced by the fact that subject would have maintained an erect posture most of the time that helped inferior detachment to auto-settle with fluid level “flattening” out. | Figure 1: Ultrawide image showing laser photocoagulation delimitation scars in the inferotemporal retina. Demarcation lines have been marked with arrows. A lattice with a hole is seen in the periphery
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