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Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane

We report a case of recurrent epiretinal membrane (ERM) after spontaneous resolution of an idiopathic ERM. A 65-year-old female demonstrated a spontaneous improvement in visual acuity from 0.1 to 1.2 in her left eye attributable to spontaneous resolution of idiopathic ERM due to posterior vitreous d...

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Autores principales: Oono, Yoshihiko, Nakamura, Sohei, Yoshimura, Koichi, Yamakawa, Ryoji, Takayama, Tetsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324462
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author Oono, Yoshihiko
Nakamura, Sohei
Yoshimura, Koichi
Yamakawa, Ryoji
Takayama, Tetsuya
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description We report a case of recurrent epiretinal membrane (ERM) after spontaneous resolution of an idiopathic ERM. A 65-year-old female demonstrated a spontaneous improvement in visual acuity from 0.1 to 1.2 in her left eye attributable to spontaneous resolution of idiopathic ERM due to posterior vitreous detachment. Thereafter, however, her visual acuity again decreased to 0.2 because of the recurrence of ERM. Her visual acuity improved to 0.8 after surgical removal. A microscopic examination of the excised specimen showed a characteristic undulating internal limiting membrane (ILM) and a continuous sheet of cells overlying the inner surface of the ILM. This case report illustrates that although spontaneous ERM resolution is rare, there is a possibility of recurrence even after spontaneous ERM resolution.
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spelling pubmed-32194462011-11-22 Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Oono, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Sohei Yoshimura, Koichi Yamakawa, Ryoji Takayama, Tetsuya Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: February 2011 We report a case of recurrent epiretinal membrane (ERM) after spontaneous resolution of an idiopathic ERM. A 65-year-old female demonstrated a spontaneous improvement in visual acuity from 0.1 to 1.2 in her left eye attributable to spontaneous resolution of idiopathic ERM due to posterior vitreous detachment. Thereafter, however, her visual acuity again decreased to 0.2 because of the recurrence of ERM. Her visual acuity improved to 0.8 after surgical removal. A microscopic examination of the excised specimen showed a characteristic undulating internal limiting membrane (ILM) and a continuous sheet of cells overlying the inner surface of the ILM. This case report illustrates that although spontaneous ERM resolution is rare, there is a possibility of recurrence even after spontaneous ERM resolution. S. Karger AG 2011-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3219446/ /pubmed/22110437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324462 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: February 2011
Oono, Yoshihiko
Nakamura, Sohei
Yoshimura, Koichi
Yamakawa, Ryoji
Takayama, Tetsuya
Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title_full Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title_fullStr Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title_full_unstemmed Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title_short Recurrence after Spontaneous Resolution of an Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane
title_sort recurrence after spontaneous resolution of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane
topic Published: February 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324462
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