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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC CLOSURE OF A PERSISTING TRAUMATIC MACULAR HOLE WITH INTRAOCULAR STEROIDS
Ramesh Venkatesh1, Naresh K Yadav, Nimesh Jain
1Department of Retina & Vitreous, Narayana Nethralaya, Benguluru, India.
Purpose:
To report a case of successful closure of traumatic macular hole after treatment with intraocular steroids in a nonvitrectomized eye.
Methods:
Retrospective observational case report.
Case Description:
A 34-year-old man developed a full-thickness macular hole and submacular bleed after injury with firecracker in the left eye. Visual acuity in the left eye was counting fingers close to face. Intraocular gas, 0.3 cc of 100% SF6, was injected for displacement of submacular bleed. At 2 months after presentation, macular hole persisted with signs of intraocular inflammation. A trial of intraocular triamcinolone injection (2 mg in 0.05 ml) was given, which resulted in complete closure of macular hole and improvement in visual acuity to 6/36 and thereby avoiding the need for ocular surgery.
Conclusion:
Ocular steroids could play an important role in successful closure of persisting macular holes in a setting of blunt trauma, especially in a background of uveitis.
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