title: [Two cases of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis in children].
abstract: We report herein the findings in two patients less than 15 years old with the diagnosis of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis, a disorder found primarily in the older population. Only a few reports have discussed idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis in children and its pathogenesis is still unknown. One is a 10-year-old boy and the other is a 14-year-old girl who visited our hospital with a chief complaint of blurred vision in their right eyes. Epiretinal membranes were recognized on the macular region of their right eyes. Since there was no causative factors, a diagnosis of idiopathic preretinal macular fibrosis was made. They were conservatively followed up. The vision of the boy once worsened but improved spontaneously and remained stable for three years. Because the vision of the girl worsened rapidly, vitreous surgery was performed to remove the epiretinal membrane, resulting in poor vision. It was suggested that this disorder in children should be followed up conservatively and the indication of vitreous surgery should be carefully determined.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kobe University, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Tetsumoto
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nakahashi
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Tsukahara
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Okubo
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014821:Vitrectomy