• Ting Yi Lin, Kathy Ming Feng, Yun Hsiang Chang, and I Chia Liang.
• Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jun 4; 100 (22): e26227e26227.

RationaleRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the major leading causes of childhood visual morbidity worldwide. Retinal break and traction develop in regressed ROP can further result in rhegmatogenous or tractional retinal detachment years or even decades later.Patient ConcernsHere, we reported a case of bilateral ROP related late complication in a 36-year-old male with a chief complaint of increased floaters in his left eye.DiagnosesThe fundus examination showed demarcation lines over temporal side in both eyes with tractional retinal detachment and retinal breaks anterior to the lines. A diagnosis of ROP-related late complication of combined tractional and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was made.InterventionsPeripheral laser photocoagulation along the demarcation lines for confining the detachment area in both eyes was performed with a stable condition during follow up.OutcomesAfter laser retinopexy, the patient was followed up at one week and four months later with stable laser scars and without progression of the retinal detachments.ConclusionRegressed ROP-associated retinal detachment can occur at any time during life. Special care and follow-up may be necessary for these patients.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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