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Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes
PURPOSE: To present a case of a right eye spontaneous closure of a full thickness macular hole (FTMH), followed several years later by a left eye spontaneous closure of a FTMH, in an otherwise healthy woman. OBSERVATIONS: We show the temporal changes and spontaneous resolution observed with Spectral...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6630031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2019.100516 |
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author | Ohayon, Avi Rubowitz, Alexander |
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description | PURPOSE: To present a case of a right eye spontaneous closure of a full thickness macular hole (FTMH), followed several years later by a left eye spontaneous closure of a FTMH, in an otherwise healthy woman. OBSERVATIONS: We show the temporal changes and spontaneous resolution observed with Spectral-Domain Ocular Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) of a FTMH in the right eye and a FTMH secondary to vitreomacular traction in the left eye of the same patient 5 years later, also with full spontaneous resolution. Following the resolution, SD-OCT demonstrated outer retinal layer disruption recovery and visual acuity improvement in both eyes. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Spontaneous closure of macular holes is an uncommon event, with most descriptions in the literature being of single cases or very small series, including several reports in patients who have undergone vitrectomy for other causes, or in highly myopic eyes. Bilateral spontaneous closure of macular holes in the same patient is an even more uncommon event, described only once in one patient previously in the literature to our knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-66300312019-07-24 Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes Ohayon, Avi Rubowitz, Alexander Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To present a case of a right eye spontaneous closure of a full thickness macular hole (FTMH), followed several years later by a left eye spontaneous closure of a FTMH, in an otherwise healthy woman. OBSERVATIONS: We show the temporal changes and spontaneous resolution observed with Spectral-Domain Ocular Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) of a FTMH in the right eye and a FTMH secondary to vitreomacular traction in the left eye of the same patient 5 years later, also with full spontaneous resolution. Following the resolution, SD-OCT demonstrated outer retinal layer disruption recovery and visual acuity improvement in both eyes. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Spontaneous closure of macular holes is an uncommon event, with most descriptions in the literature being of single cases or very small series, including several reports in patients who have undergone vitrectomy for other causes, or in highly myopic eyes. Bilateral spontaneous closure of macular holes in the same patient is an even more uncommon event, described only once in one patient previously in the literature to our knowledge. Elsevier 2019-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6630031/ /pubmed/31341999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2019.100516 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ohayon, Avi Rubowitz, Alexander Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title | Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title_full | Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title_fullStr | Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title_short | Spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
title_sort | spontaneous closure of bilateral macular holes |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6630031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2019.100516 |
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