title: Posterior vitreous detachment and macular hole formation in myopic foveoschisis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report two cases of macular hole (MH) associated with myopic foveoschisis (MF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two women presented with metamorphopsia. Preoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed an MH and MF. We performed vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and gas tamponade.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preoperative OCT examination and intraoperative microscopic observation revealed partial posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) at the posterior retina and vitreous strands adhering to the edge of the MHs. The MF resolved in both patients, but the MHs remained open postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the contribution of tangential traction cannot be excluded, the mechanism of MH formation in eyes with MF may be anteroposterior traction via abnormal vitreofoveal adhesion resulting from partial PVD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. matsumura@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nagakazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikuno
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014821:Vitrectomy; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren