Proliferative vitreoretinopathy secondary to degenerative retinoschisis: A case series
Introduction: We report two cases proliferative vitreoretinopathy that occurred as complication of degenerative retinoschisis. Case Series: Two patients; a male and a female with vitreo-retinal hemorrhage seen in our clinic were evaluated and retinoschisis found as the only cause of the bleeding. Both were treated with Argon barrier photocoagulation which arrested the hemorrhage and resolved the visual symptoms. Conclusion: It has been suggested that retinal ischemia occurs in retinoschisis and this triggers upregulation of growth factors and subsequent formation of new vessels. This hypothesis would need to be tested to ascertain the particular growth factors, that trigger this process and if other cytokines and interleukins also play a role as the process is a vitreoretinpathy.