Sir,

Many thanks for bringing to my attention this interesting case by Patil et al.

The author has described that there was no history of trauma but despite a negative history, signs of ocular trauma have been observed in similar cases, which is worth looking at ocular examination. In total, 6% of patients with inferotemporal dialysis with no history of trauma were found to have signs of preceding trauma.1

Did this patient have any associated refractive error? As we are aware simultaneous bilateral retinal detachment is usually found in relatively young and myopic patients with round, atrophic holes.2

It will also be interesting to know if this patient had any signs of PVR, though it is rare as noted in only 5.6% of patients in the presence of obvious signs of chronic retinal detachment like macrocysts and demarcation lines.3