Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Delayed spontaneous closure of traumatic macular hole in a 66-year-old patient – role of optical coherence tomography follow-up |
| Authors: |
Grassi, Piergiacomo, Salicone, Alberto |
| Source: |
GMS Ophthalmology Cases, Vol 10, p Doc41 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Ophthalmology |
| Subject Terms: |
epiretinal membrane, macular hole, optical coherence tomography, pars-plana vitrectomy, spontaneous closure, traumatic macular hole, Ophthalmology, RE1-994 |
| More Details: |
Objective: To report a case of delayed spontaneous closure of traumatic macular hole at 5 months in a 66-year-old man. Traumatic macular holes generally do not close spontaneously after 4 months and over 3ears of age.Methods: A 66-year-old man presented with central blurred vision and metamorphopsia in his right eye for 3 weeks after previous ocular blunt trauma occurring 2 months earlier. Best corrected visual acuity was 6/36 in his right eye, fundus examination and OCT revealed right traumatic macular hole.Results: 4 weeks later, best corrected visual acuity was 6/18, OCT showed initial reattachment of traumatic macular hole margins. 8 weeks later, best corrected visual acuity improved to 6/9, OCT showed almost complete reattachment of the margins, residual outer retinal defect being still present. At 12 weeks after initial presentation, best corrected visual acuity was 6/6, OCT showed normal neuroretinal profile.Conclusion: Clinical monitoring of traumatic macular holes might be performed up to 5 months even in patients >30 years before considering surgery. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2193-1496 |
| Relation: |
http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2020-10/oc000168.shtml; https://doaj.org/toc/2193-1496 |
| DOI: |
10.3205/oc000168 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/ce275526766842fa8ec9a45675ac5e88 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.275526766842fa8ec9a45675ac5e88 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
