Retinal detachment due to breaks in pars plicata of ciliary body after endogenous fungal endophthalmitis.

An eye with retinal detachment due to breaks in the nonpigmented epithelium in the pars plicata of the ciliary body was reported in a patient who had been infected by endogenous Candida endophthalmitis about 3 years previously. He had no history of ocular trauma or atopic dermatitis, and had undergone extracapsular cataract extraction because of secondary cataract following the endophthalmitis. Three months later, the breaks were detected in his right eye, distributed extensively between the 3:30 and 11:45 o'clock meridians in the pars plicata. The posterior edges of these breaks were pulled to the contracted posterior capsule by zonular fibers. Posterior capsulectomy, vitrectomy, encircling and scleral buckling were performed and resulted in the reattachment of the retina. It was suggested that the ciliary body which had been damaged by endophthalmitis played a role in the development of these breaks.