Retinal detachment, illustration 插畫檔

Illustration of the pathological mechanisms and anatomical alterations associated with retinal detachment, progressing from left to right and from superficial to deep. The left panel displays a sagittal section of the eyeball, clearly demonstrating the separation between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium, which forms a fluid-filled subretinal space. The magnified view on the right further reveals that a retinal tear acts as the initiating lesion in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, permitting fluid to traverse the break and enter the subretinal space to propagate the detachment. The schematic diagram at the bottom details the stratified relationship among the retina, retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, with the deepest choroidal layer being highly vascularised to provide nutritional support to the outer retina