title: Spontaneous separation of an idiopathic macular pucker in a young girl.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a young girl with spontaneous separation of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane and notable visual recovery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 12-year-old girl had spontaneous improvement in visual acuity of the left eye from 20/100 to 20/40 attributable to spontaneous peeling of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane more than 2 years after it was diagnosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conservative treatment can be considered in young patients with epiretinal membrane because spontaneous separation may occur and result in good vision.
authors.affiliation: Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Desatnik
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treister
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moisseiev
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014792:Visual Acuity