網膜剥離手術後にみられた黄斑部脈絡膜新生血管

Submacular neovascularization following retinal detachment surgery

　65歳男性の左眼網膜剥離の手術後，黄斑部に脈絡膜新生血管が発生した症例を報告し，高齢者の高度近視眼の網膜剥離の術後合併症として，従来記載のない黄斑部脈絡膜新生血管が起こることがあること，そして剥離手術後黄斑部網膜の注意深い観察が必要であることを強調した．

A 65-year-old male manifested subretinal neovas-cularization in the macula in his left eye. The affected eye was myopic at about -10 diopters, had heveloped rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and were operated twice 14 months before with partial success.

This case illustrates that eyes with high myopia in elderly subjects ought to be watched closely after retinal detachment surgery for the possible occurrence of submacular neovascularization.