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LAMELLAR MACULAR HOLE WITH LAMELLAR HOLE-ASSOCIATED EPIRETINAL PROLIFERATION IN FAMILIAL EXUDATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY
1Department of Ophthalmology, Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Purpose:
To present a clinical case of lamellar macular hole with lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation in a pediatric familial exudative vitreoretinopathy patient. Retinal findings are described, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography documentation is provided. The efficacy of surgical intervention is also discussed.
Methods:
A 4-year-old girl presented with poor vision in her right eye, which was discovered during routine physical examination. Clinical examination revealed familial exudative vitreoretinopathy in both eyes and a lamellar macular hole in the right eye. Both of the patient's parents were also examined, which revealed familial exudative vitreoretinopathy in the girl's father. The patient underwent vitrectomy, inner limiting membrane and lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation peeling, and air-fluid exchange.
Results:
Images obtained with optical coherence tomography revealed lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation at the lamellar defect edge in the patient's right eye. Postoperative examination showed that the lamellar macular hole had closed.
Conclusion:
Pediatric familial exudative vitreoretinopathy patients may develop lamellar macular hole with lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation. Vitreoretinal surgery effectively closes this type of macular hole.
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