RECURRENT CHOROIDAL DETACHMENT* BY

CHOROIDAL detachment following intra-ocular operation is a complication often encountered, but associated with other conditions or alone it is rare. It has been reported after orbital cellulitis, intra-ocular foreign body, tenonitis, scleritis, certain systemic diseases, and has also apparently oc-curred spontaneously. This report concerns a man who, at the age of 63, developed a choroidal detachment of the right eye after an operation for maxillary sinusitis on the same side; 10 months later the choroidal detachment had disappeared, and the appearance of the eye remained normal for nearly 5 years, when the detachment recurred, only to disappear again after 8 months. Case Report A man aged 63 developed a severe cold in the head in December, 1947; its duration was prolonged and it was accompanied by-profuse nasal discharge and nasal obstruction. There was no pain. On February 6, 1948, a headache developed with pain in the right eye, and there wa