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[A case of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome with optic disc pit and macular hole]
Z H Dong1, Q T Pan1, Z L Zhang1
1Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Wenzhou 325027, China.
Abstract:
A 69-year-old female patient presented to the ophthalmology department with complaints of blurred vision in the left eye for more than 10 days. Her medical history revealed a history of right renal tumor and left pheochromocytoma, which were treated with surgical resection at an external institution. Ophthalmic examination revealed a temporal superior cup-shaped optic disc pit in the left eye, along with a macular hole approximately 1/5 the size of the optic disc diameter in the macular region. Additionally, peripheral retinal examination at the 6 o'clock and 11 o'clock positions showed vascular tumors, each approximately 1.5 times the size of the optic disc diameter. Based on the patient's medical history, fundus findings, and auxiliary examination results, a diagnosis of macular hole in the left eye, optic disc pit in the left eye, and Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome was established. Subsequently, the patient underwent left vitrectomy and macular hole repair surgery, leading to an improvement in visual acuity.
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