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Danny Mitry, MD; Ian Constable, FRANZCO; Jaswinder Singh, FRCSEd

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(8):1053-1054.

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Schwartz-Matsuo syndrome describes a combination of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with oral dialyses or tears of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium, the presence of photoreceptor outer segments in the aqueous humor, and raised intraocular pressure (IOP), which normalizes after surgery.¹ We report 2 cases of longstanding RRD with midperipheral retinal tears and degenerating aggregates of photoreceptor outer segments in the aqueous humor.

Report of Cases

Case 1

A 36-year-old white woman with no significant medical history had a 3-week history of a painful left eye and visual acuity reduced to the ability to view only basic hand movements. The eye was aphakic with an IOP of 64 mm Hg with 3 or more cells in the anterior chamber without other signs of ocular inflammation. Fundal examination revealed a temporal horseshoe tear in the midperiphery with the presence of a longstanding total RRD with moderate proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Significant . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case 2

Results of Electron Microscopy

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