Tractional Internal Limiting Membrane Detachment in Highly Myopic Eyes

To report the clinical features of tractional internal limiting membrane (ILM) detachment in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. Observational case report. We reviewed the optical coherence tomography images of 249 eyes in the high myopia clinic. ILM detachment was observed in six eyes (2.4%). We investigated the clinical feature of this finding. Myopic foveoschisis (MF) was present in four of the six eyes (67%) (six patients, two men and four women; mean age, 57.3 years). The mean axial length was 29.3 mm and the mean refractive error was −15.0 diopters. The best-corrected visual acuity levels ranged from 20/400 to 20/13. Rigidity of the ILM seems to cause tangential traction and results in a major cause of a disease specific to high myopia; that is, MF.