Examples of Misdiagnosed Cases

“Case #1: A 26-year-old male was referred to the retina service after three retina specialists had diagnosed bilateral retinal detachment and recommended urgent surgery. He was asymptomatic.”

“The patient was diagnosed as having retinoschisis with multiple inner layer breaks in both eyes”

(no surgery for this patient. I was not as lucky as this patient to find a fourth opinion).

Source:Lincoff, Harvey and Kreissig, Ingrid 2012 The misdiagnosis of retinoschisis, retrieved from pdf file: