Bilateral, symmetric and simultaneous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Predisposition or coincidence? A case report.

The following is a case report of a 65-year-old patient who had previously been diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma and who was experiencing a sudden loss of both visual acuity and of superior visual field in both eyes. In the ophthalmological examination, a bilateral, symmetric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment that affected the inferior quadrants of both eyes was detected. The retinal detachment was caused by a retinal horseshoe break located at the equator of 6 h in each eye. The factors that could determine the predisposition for and/or the coincidence of bilateral and symmetric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment will be discussed.