Surgical management of giant retinal tears.

Giant retinal tear is one of the causes of complex retinal detachment which resists treatment. Various surgical techniques have been developed in the past to treat such a tear. These include pars plana vitrectomy with or without scleral buckling, use of viscoelastic agent, air, expanding gas, silicone oil, retinal tacks, retinal sutures, retinal incarceration.

Retinal hemorrhage, a common sign of prognostic significance in cerebral malaria.

Retinal hemorrhages were seen in 21 patients among a group of 144 with strictly-defined cerebral malaria. Hemorrhages were multiple in 17 cases and bilateral in 14. There was subhyaloid extension in two.