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Observational studyIndian journal of ophthalmology2020

A reappraisal of indirect choroidal rupture using swept-source optical coherence tomography

Anupriya Arthur, Nancy Magdalene Rajasekaran, Thomas Kuriakose

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Observational study in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anupriya ArthurDepartment of Eye, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Nancy Magdalene RajasekaranDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Thomas KuriakoseDepartment of Eye, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Christian Medical College · INChristian Medical College & Hospital · IN

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Abstract

purposeTo describe the in-vivo pathology of indirect choroidal rupture (ICR) in patients with recent ocular trauma using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SSOCT).

methodsRetrospective observational study of the presenting and follow-up OCT images of four consecutive Asian patients with blunt trauma presenting over a period of 6 months and review of OCT descriptions in the literature.

resultsThe three patients who presented within 2 weeks of injury showed a gap in the Bruch's membrane (BM)/retinal pigment epithelial complex at the site of the ICR. The distance of the gap ranged from 103 to 465 μm. Blood from associated tear in the choriocapillary layer dissected under the photoreceptor layer to lift it off the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer. The Sattler's and Haller's layers of the choroid were not affected. Fibro-vascular proliferation occurring in the reparative phase bridges the gap in the BM, RPE complex. Late fibrous tissue proliferation extends into the Sattler's layer in the choroid and goes up to the outer nuclear layer in the retina disrupting its architecture.

conclusionSSOCT is a useful tool to study the pathology of recent onset ICR as it is capable of imaging through blood. The primary injury in ICR seems to be a break in the Bruch's membrane. The RPE layer and choriocapillaries get disrupted secondary to the break in the BM as their basement membranes are part of the BM. Scarring during the reparative phase disrupts the adjacent layers of the choroid and retina.

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Tomography, Optical CoherenceWounds, NonpenetratingBruch MembraneChoroidHumansRetinaBlunt eye traumaBruch's membrane breakschoroidal rupturesub-macular bleed

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PMID32971624
PMCPMC7728025
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