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Treatment of recurrent retinal detachment secondary to optic nerve coloboma with injection of autologous platelet concentrate.

Abstract
A 14-year-old girl presented with a recurrent retinal detachment secondary to optic nerve coloboma in her left eye with a small retinal hole in the bed of the coloboma, confirmed by optical coherence tomography. The patient was treated by injection of 0.05 mL of autologous platelet concentrate into the coloboma along with vitrectomy and gas exchange. After 8 months, the retina was attached and optical coherence tomography revealed closure of the retinal hole. Considering our experience, autologous platelet injection may be considered a treatment option for recurrent retinal detachment secondary to optic nerve coloboma.
AuthorsJeroni Nadal, Marta López-Fortuny, Paola Sauvageot, Daniel Pérez-Formigó
JournalJournal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (J AAPOS) Vol. 16 Issue 1 Pg. 100-1 (Feb 2012) ISSN: 1528-3933 [Electronic] United States
PMID22370676 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2012 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Blood Transfusion, Autologous (methods)
  • Coloboma (complications)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intraocular
  • Optic Nerve (abnormalities)
  • Platelet Transfusion (methods)
  • Retinal Detachment (etiology, therapy)
  • Retinal Perforations (etiology, therapy)
  • Vitrectomy (methods)

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