title: Spontaneous disappearance of traumatic macular holes in young patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the disappearance of traumatic macular hole in three eyes of three patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical data of the patients were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three patients were relatively young, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old. In one eye of each patient, a small traumatic macular hole was observed at the first visit. Visual acuities ranged from 20/100 to 20/40. The macular holes resolved spontaneously 3 to 4 months after the trauma, and final visual acuity improved to 20/20 in all patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small traumatic macular holes in young patients can resolve spontaneously, and this can be associated with good visual recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School. skusaka@umich.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujikado
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tano
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*