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St. Johns, FL, USA
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Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, International Society of Ocular Trauma, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Consultant and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Milos Eye Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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Consultant and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Zagórskiego Eye Hospital, Cracow, Poland
The most common condition in which transvitreal biopsy1 is performed is a subretinal mass in the posterior pole; the surgeon is not sure from the appearance of the lesion whether he is faced with a tumor or, for example, an old hemorrhage.
Complete the vitrectomy (especially, create a PVD).
Carefully choose the retinotomy site, which should be over the lesion, as far from the major vessels as possible.
Consider performing a light diathermy.2
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