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The natural history of macular pseudoholes
C M Greven1, M M Slusher, C N Czyz
1Wake Forest University Eye Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1033, USA. cgreven@bgsm.edu
Purpose:
To report the natural history of macular pseudoholes with regard to ophthalmoscopic appearance and visual acuity.
Methods:
Thirty-six eyes of 34 patients with macular pseudoholes who were followed up for 1 year or longer were retrospectively evaluated to compare the initial ophthalmoscopic appearance and visual acuity with the most recent follow-up appearance and visual acuity.
Results:
Mean visual acuity at initial examination was 20/32 (median, 20/30); mean follow-up visual acuity was 20/32 (median, 20/30). Fourteen eyes (39%) had identical initial and final visual acuities, and 30 eyes (83%) had final visual acuity within 2 lines on the visual acuity chart from their initial examination. Four eyes had improved visual acuity of more than 2 lines, and two eyes lost more than 2 lines of visual acuity. Thirty-one eyes had adequate initial and follow-up photographs allowing comparison of macular appearance. Twenty-three (74%) of the 31 eyes showed a definitive change in macular appearance.
Conclusions:
Visual acuity in patients with macular pseudoholes tended to remain stable. However, the macular appearance changed in 74% of eyes.