Log in or create a free account to read this content
Gain free access to this article, as well as selected content from this journal and more on nature.com
or
References
Phillips CI . Retinal detachment at the posterior pole. Br J Ophthalmol 1958; 42: 749–753.
Takano M, Kishi S . Foveal retinoschisis and retinal detachment in severely myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. Am J Ophthalmol 1999; 128 (4): 472–476.
Gaucher D, Haouchine B, Tadayoni R, Massin P, Erginay A, Benhamou N et al. Long-term follow-up of high myopic foveoschisis: natural course and surgical outcome. Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 143 (3): 455–462.
Polito A, Lanzetta P, Del Borrello M, Bandello F . Spontaneous resolution of a shallow detachment of the macula in a highly myopic eye. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 135 (4): 546–547.
Sayanagi K, Ikuno Y, Tano Y . Spontaneous resolution of retinoschisis and consequent development of retinal detachment in highly myopic eye. Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90 (5): 652–653.
Goldman DR, Duker JS . Spontaneous improvement of macular traction retinal detachment associated with myopic macular schisis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2013; 44 (5): 497–498.
Shimada N, Tanaka Y, Tokoro T, Ohno-Matsui K . Natural course of myopic traction maculopathy and factors associated with progression or resolution. Am J Ophthalmol 2013; 156 (5): 948–957.
Acknowledgements
An IRB waiver from the authors’ institution was granted. Funding was provided in part by the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellows Grant (YMP), unrestricted donations to a Retina Division research fund (YMP and NMB), and The James P. Gills Professorship in Ophthalmology (NMB).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Additional information
The manuscript was presented at the Atlantic Coast Retina Club Meeting on 10 January 2014, in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ethical statement
All research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and all local, regional, and national law.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Paulus, Y., Bressler, N. Spontaneous improvement in myopic foveoschisis. Eye 28, 1519–1520 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.203
Published:
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.203
