Asymptomatic bilateral simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachments

Ultrawide field imaging of multiple intraretinal cysts in old rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

“…[1] These cysts do not require specific treatment and tend to resolve on their own after retinal reattachment. [2] In case cyst interferes with retinal reattachment, it can be drained surgically. [1]…”

Clinical and Echographic Long-Term Follow-Up of a Retinal Macrocyst: A Case Report

“…Retinal macrocysts are associated with long-standing retinal detachments and may be formed after 3 months, but they usually require a longer duration of retinal detachment [1, 2, 3, 4]. They have been reported in 1–3% of all long-time detachments, and most of them occur in the inferior-temporal retina, although our patient's cyst was in the superior nasal quadrant.…”

“…They have been reported in 1–3% of all long-time detachments, and most of them occur in the inferior-temporal retina, although our patient's cyst was in the superior nasal quadrant. The progression of retinal macrocysts is slow, and usually they are diagnosed in late stages [1]. Occasionally, blood may be found in their interior [2].…”

“…Pischel [5] classified retinal cysts into small (up to 1 mm in size), medium (4 to 8 disc diameters), giant (8 to 10 disc diameters) and large cysts (retinoschisis) if they occupy 25% of the fundus [2]. The pathogenesis has been attributed to photoreceptor atrophy due to choroid ischemia and degenerative cystic changes in the external plexiform layer of the retina that lead to cyst formation [1]. …”

“…They are infrequent and most of them are generally asymptomatic, require no specific treatment and spontaneously resolve after retinal reattachment [1]. …”