Potent retinal arteriolar traction as a possible cause of myopic foveoschisis

Retinal microfolds are common in eyes with MF after vitrectomy with ILM peeling, and they seem to be generated as the result of insufficient flexibility of the sclerotic retinal arteriole during axial length elongation in highly myopic eyes. This finding suggests that the inward tractional force on the retina along the arteriole may be closely related to the pathogenesis of vitreoretinal diseases specific to high myopia, including MF or paravascular microhole formation.