MedicineOphthalmologySurgeryOcular PathologyOcular TraumaOphthalmic PathologyChoroidal AnatomyOcular Trauma PathologyRetinal PathologyRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRetinal SurgeryRetinal TraumaChorioretinal ScarringChoroid AnatomyChoroidal HistologyChoroidal TraumaChoroidal VasculatureTraumatic Choroidal Rupture
In 47 surgical or autopsy specimens studied, 39 indirect and 10 direct choroidal ruptures were found. The eyes were obtained from a period of several hours to 25 years after trauma. Healing of choroidal ruptures involves fibrovascular proliferation from the choroid that evolves to a dense fibrous scar with variable degrees of hyperplasia of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). This process is usually complete by 3 weeks.