Infrared reflectance as a diagnostic adjunct for subclinical commotio retinae.

ABSTRACT

Commotio retinae (CR) is an outer retinal disorder following blunt trauma to the eye. Histologically it is characterized by disruption of the photoreceptor outer segments (OS), typically without injury to other retinal layers. Using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) the condition is visible as hyper-refl ectivity of the OS. Most cases of CR are associated with transient grey-white discoloration of the retina and are easily diagnosed clinically, but there have been reports of OCT-confi rmed CR without retinal discoloration. It is likely that this subclinical variant of CR is under-recognized as the OCT features of CR are subtle. Here, we report a case of OCT-confi rmed subclinical CR that demonstrated prominent infrared hypo-refl ectance, using the infrared protocol of the SPECTRALIS® OCT, Heidelberg Engineering. This case suggests that infrared refl ectance may have a role in diagnosing cases of subclinical CR.