RetinaDigest

Weekly curated literature from top retina and ophthalmology journals

13 articles
⬡7 categories
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Retinal Detachment & Trauma1 article

RRD, TRD, giant tears, PVR, ocular trauma, macular hole, ERM

Crystalline Maculopathy due to Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.

Grassmeyer & Russell
Ophthalmol RetinaOct 22, 2026

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Diabetic Eye Disease1 article

Diabetic retinopathy surgery, DME treatment, tractional complications

Reply to Comment on: Evaluation of the Impact of Gamma-aminobutyric Acid on Diabetic Retinopathy in a Large US Population-based Cohort.

Talcott, Kim & Singh
Am J OphthalmolOct 18, 2026

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AMD & Macular Degeneration2 articles

Neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy, submacular hemorrhage

Longitudinal analysis of structural biomarkers for disease progression in intermediate age-related macular degeneration: a MACUSTAR study report.

Goerdt, Bessaheken …
Ophthalmol RetinaOct 23, 2026

In a 4-year prospective cohort of 577 iAMD eyes, specific structural OCT biomarkers—including SDDs, PED, nCNV, and cRORA—predicted progression to GA or nAMD, with distinct biomarker profiles differentiating the two progression pathways.

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Risk Factors for Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tears in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Al-Burak, Sarraf … Popovic
Am J OphthalmolOct 19, 2026

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 4,043 eyes found that greater baseline PED height (MD +212 µm) and larger PED area (MD +5.80 mm²) are the most consistently reported associations with RPE tear development in neovascular AMD, though evidence quality remains very low due to predominantly retrospective, unadjusted study designs.

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Inherited Retinal Disease1 article

IRDs, gene therapy, retinitis pigmentosa, LCA, Stargardt

Clinical and Longitudinal Heterogeneity Within the Acute Outer Retinopathy Spectrum: A Three-Case Series.

Emfietzoglou, Kalogeropoulos … Androudi
Ocul Immunol InflammOct 19, 2026

This three-case series demonstrates significant clinical and longitudinal heterogeneity within the acute outer retinopathy (AOR) spectrum, encompassing asymptomatic subacute-chronic disease, perivenular disease with structure-function dissociation, and symptomatic sectoral disease with diffuse photoreceptor dysfunction.

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Posterior Uveitis4 articles

Posterior uveitis, panuveitis, chorioretinitis, CMV retinitis, ocular inflammation

Response to Comment on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Uveitis: Insights from Comparative Analyses Across Malignancies and Drug Classes.

Bellanda, Schulgit … Sharma
Am J OphthalmolOct 23, 2026

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The Role of Vitamin D in Uveitis: Immunological Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Therapeutic Potential.

Samalia, Sims … Niederer
Ocul Immunol InflammOct 23, 2026

This review examines vitamin D's immunoregulatory role in uveitis, finding that while observational data consistently link vitamin D deficiency to increased disease activity and recurrence, interventional evidence remains insufficient to support routine supplementation.

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Systematic Review of Clinical Utility of Multimodal Imaging in Infectious Posterior Uveitis. Multimodal imaging in Uveitis (MUV) Taskforce Report 12.

Singh Parmar, La Distia Nora …
Ophthalmol RetinaOct 21, 2026

This systematic review of 122 studies evaluated multimodal imaging (MMI) across five major infectious posterior uveitides, finding that CFP and OCT achieved high certainty evidence for diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring in 80% of entities, while combined MMI strategies provide superior structural, vascular, and choroidal assessment beyond conventional examination.

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HLA-A29-Positive Birdshot Chorioretinopathy in Egyptian Patients.

Baddar & Samuel Naguib
Ocul Immunol InflammOct 19, 2026

This report describes the first two confirmed HLA-A29-positive Birdshot Chorioretinopathy (BSCR) cases from Egypt, expanding the known demographic distribution of this condition beyond its traditionally reported Northern European ancestry population.

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Ocular Oncology1 article

Uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, choroidal tumors, ocular metastases

Efficacy of Oral Belzutifan for Retinal Capillary Hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau Disease.

Ji, Thavikulwat … Chew
Ophthalmol RetinaOct 23, 2026

Oral belzutifan produced substantial regression of retinal capillary hemangioblastomas in VHL disease, reducing active lesion area by ~75% at 1 year and ~80% at 2 years, with no new lesions observed during treatment.

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Complications & Safety3 articles

Endophthalmitis, surgical complications, drug safety, adverse events

Comment on: Altitude-Specific IOP Risks After Vitrectomy With Gas Tamponade: Modeling and Travel Guidance Based on Calculated Elevation Profiles.

Carr & Laidlaw
Am J OphthalmolOct 23, 2026

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Choroidal Folds and Hypotony Following Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant Injection.

Javaheri, Khurana & Eliott
JAMA OphthalmolOct 22, 2026

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Hemorrhagic Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis After Therapeutic Intravitreal Vancomycin with Favorable Recovery Following Early Vitrectomy: A Case Report.

Chen, Fang … Lo
Ocul Immunol InflammOct 19, 2026

Early pars plana vitrectomy in a case of presumed postoperative endophthalmitis revealed intraoperative findings diagnostic of vancomycin-associated hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis (HORV), enabling cessation of intravitreal antibiotics and resulting in recovery of visual acuity to 20/30.

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