Unintentional Retinal Displacement in Eyes Treated for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Complicated by Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy with Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Silicone Oil

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Unintentional displacement of the retina observed on blue-fundus autofluorescence (B-FAF) imaging 1 month after repair of fovea-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with PPV and 1000-centistoke silicone oil (SO) tamponade. Both eyes presented with preoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade B received perfluorocarbon liquid intraoperatively, and a fluid-air exchange before injection of SO. Detachment involved 4 quadrants (with the breaks located in the upper and lower quadrants) in the case shown in (a) (the right eye of a 64-year-old lady) and 3 quadrants (with the breaks located in the upper quadrants) in the case shown in (c) (the left eye of a 74-year-old man). After retinal reattachment (b, d), retinal vessel printings (arrows) in the form of lines of increased autofluorescence running inferiorly to the corresponding retinal vessels were visible and indicated an upward displacement of the retina in both eyes.

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