title: Idiopathic premacular gliosis in children and adolescents.
abstract: We treated three patients under 20 years of age who had idiopathic premacular gliosis, a disorder found primarily in patients older than 50 years of age. Initial visual acuity ranged from 20/20 to 20/50, remained unchanged in one patient, improved in one patient, and decreased in one patient. Final visual acuity ranged from 20/15 to 20/500 with an average follow-up of 60 months (range, ten to 102 months). Included in this series is a 6-year-old boy with idiopathic premacular gliosis. Children and adolescents with idiopathic premacular gliosis may develop progressive visual loss to a level where vitrectomy should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kimmel
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Weingeist
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Blodi
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005911:Gliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy