title: Follow-up and ultrasonographic examination of patients with macular pseudo-operculum.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients (30 eyes) with pseudo-opercula were followed up for six to 65 months (mean, 24 months). Visual acuity was 20/30 or better in all but one eye that was amblyopic. Only one eye developed a decrease in visual acuity and changes interpreted as a stage 1 (foveal detachment induced by tangential traction of the cortical vitreous) impending hole. After vitrectomy visual acuity returned to 20/20. Ultrasonographic examination confirmed the presence of pseudo-opercula in all 22 eyes examined. We concluded that the a pseudo-operculum is a favorable prognostic sign and that its presence is demonstrable ultrasonographically.
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Van Newkirk
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gass
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callanan
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology