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Ex Vivo OCT-Based Multimodal Imaging of Human Donor Eyes for Research into Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published on: May 26, 2023
Giant macular hole in Alport syndrome
Waheeda Rahman1, Somnath Banerjee
1Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. waheedarahman2002@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract
Case Report:
A 29-year-old woman with Alport syndrome presented with unilateral visual deterioration over an 8-year period. She had the rare ocular complication of a giant macular hole. She developed a small macular hole in the other eye.
Comments:
The ocular features of Alport syndrome are described, including proposed mechanisms for hole formation.
