Correspondence Published: 25 November 2005 Massive haemorrhagic retinal detachment after transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal neovascularisation D Shukla, N V Rao & R Kim Eye 20, 1330–1332 ...

John W. Kitchens, MD, can be reached at Retina Associates of Kentucky, 120 North Eagle Creek Drive, Suite 500, Lexington, KY 40509; 859-263-3900; email: [email protected].

This patient had counting fingers vision at 1 foot. No peripheral pathology was seen on the dilated fundus exam. Ultrasound showed no tear or retinal detachment peripherally.

A dilated funduscopic examination demonstrated a large, dark, choroidal mass superotemporally in the right eye with an associated exudative retinal detachment (Figure 1).

Farsightednessc. Eye bleeding due to fragile blood vessels5. Diagnosis:- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)- Ultrasound- Electroretinogram (ERG)- Genetic testing for the RS1 mutation6.