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Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Several macular complications related to abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface have been classically attributed to retinitis pigmentosa of which cystoid macular edema is the most common. Other less frequent complications are as follows: epiretinal membranes, vitreomacular tracti...

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Autores principales: García-Fernández, Miriam, Castro-Navarro, Joaquín, Bajo-Fuente, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-69
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author García-Fernández, Miriam
Castro-Navarro, Joaquín
Bajo-Fuente, Antonio
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description INTRODUCTION: Several macular complications related to abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface have been classically attributed to retinitis pigmentosa of which cystoid macular edema is the most common. Other less frequent complications are as follows: epiretinal membranes, vitreomacular traction syndrome and macular holes. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old woman, with the previous diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa, was referred to our department with a complaint of central visual loss in her left eye for 12 months. A fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography examination revealed the presence of a macular hole more than 500 microns in diameter. The patient underwent 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy. Closure of the hole was observed after surgery, but reopening occurred at 2 years postoperatively. CONCLUSION: The pathogenesis of macular hole formation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa is unclear. Surgical outcomes may not always be favorable, and the possibility of reopening must be taken into account, even after a long time.
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spelling pubmed-36020422013-03-20 Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report García-Fernández, Miriam Castro-Navarro, Joaquín Bajo-Fuente, Antonio J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Several macular complications related to abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface have been classically attributed to retinitis pigmentosa of which cystoid macular edema is the most common. Other less frequent complications are as follows: epiretinal membranes, vitreomacular traction syndrome and macular holes. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old woman, with the previous diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa, was referred to our department with a complaint of central visual loss in her left eye for 12 months. A fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography examination revealed the presence of a macular hole more than 500 microns in diameter. The patient underwent 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy. Closure of the hole was observed after surgery, but reopening occurred at 2 years postoperatively. CONCLUSION: The pathogenesis of macular hole formation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa is unclear. Surgical outcomes may not always be favorable, and the possibility of reopening must be taken into account, even after a long time. BioMed Central 2013-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3602042/ /pubmed/23497416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-69 Text en Copyright ©2013 García-Fernández et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Castro-Navarro, Joaquín
Bajo-Fuente, Antonio
Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title_full Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title_fullStr Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title_short Unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
title_sort unilateral recurrent macular hole in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-69
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