Traumatic maculopathy

The macula is extremely vulnerable to trauma. Acute trauma originates from three general categories of injury: blunt, remote, and photic. In all these types of trauma, minor injury may yield little or no permanent damage. The more severe cases of macular edema and tissue disorganization, however, can result in macular holes and scarring, which command the clinician's attention. Careful observation of the signs and symptoms involved in the natural history of macular trauma is needed.