Koirala Bipin, Sapkota Arjun
Himalaya Eye Institute, Pokhara University.
Himalaya Eye Hospital, Gharipatan, Pokhara, Nepal.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023 Feb 6;85(2):195-197. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000000143. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Bungee jumping is a recreational sport that involves head-first jumping from certain heights with an elastic cord attached to the person's leg. It has the potential to develop ocular complications ranging from subconjunctival hemorrhage to retinal hemorrhage and even retinal detachment.
Here, the authors report a case of a 28-year-old myopic male with Left-Eye retinal detachment secondary to a bungee jump.
In recent years, a few case reports have archived a variety of visual injuries caused by bungee jumping. But only few literatures have reported the event of retinal detachment related to bungee jumping. Patients with moderate to high myopic refractive error may have different vitreous and retinal changes, like vitreous degeneration, lattice degeneration, and peripheral retinal tears. The authors accept that these retinal findings are more related to the vitreoretinal traction mechanism leading to retinal detachment in bungee jumping.
This case highlights that retinal detachment secondary to a bungee jump is a rare but serious ocular manifestation, and bungee jumping should be considered a risk factor for retinal detachment in predisposed patients.
蹦极是一项娱乐运动，即头部朝下从一定高度跳下，腿部系有弹性绳索。它有可能引发一系列眼部并发症，从结膜下出血到视网膜出血，甚至视网膜脱离。
在此，作者报告一例28岁近视男性因蹦极继发左眼视网膜脱离的病例。
近年来，一些病例报告记录了蹦极导致的各种视觉损伤。但仅有少数文献报道了与蹦极相关的视网膜脱离事件。中高度近视屈光不正患者可能有不同的玻璃体和视网膜变化，如玻璃体变性、格子样变性和周边视网膜裂孔。作者认为这些视网膜表现与导致蹦极时视网膜脱离的玻璃体视网膜牵引机制更为相关。
该病例突出表明，蹦极继发的视网膜脱离是一种罕见但严重的眼部表现，对于易感患者，蹦极应被视为视网膜脱离的一个危险因素。
