title: Spontaneous closure of macular hole after posterior vitreous detachment.
abstract: Macular holes can be treated with surgically-induced vitreous detachment and gas tamponade. The authors report a case of a macular hole that closed spontaneously after the development of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed a small full-thickness macular hole with perifoveal cystic changes in a 25-year-old female with a central scotoma at her initial visit. There was no evidence of PVD. Five months later, PVD was observed and the macular hole disappeared. OCT performed three months later showed macular hole closure and resolution of the perifoveal cystic changes. The physiologic pit was restored in the fovea. OCT is useful to detect and monitor the morphologic changes of a macular hole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D008027:Light; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000150:complications*