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A 38-year-old female presented for a routine eye exam because she was running low on contacts, had not been seen in a year and she needed new lenses. She had an ocular history of high myopia but was a successful user of daily wear disposable contact lenses. Her optomap revealed she had a detached retina.
She was refracted and given new spectacles (as the patient had no spectacle back up whatsoever) and then immediately referred to a retinal specialist. She had a scleral buckle procedure the following morning. The retinal specialist was grateful for the patient education that the optomap image provided – he explained that it is hard to convince a young healthy asymptomatic patient that she is in danger of losing her sight without surgical intervention.
Retinal detachment
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