title: Identification of visually significant operculum without macular hole by optical coherence tomography.
abstract: METHODS
  We report a case that illustrates the effectiveness of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in identifying visually significant vitreoretinal interface opacities in the absence of a macular hole. A patient presented with a scotoma in the right eye. Fundoscopic examination revealed a small lesion in close proximity to the foveal avascular zone. OCT of the right eye revealed a small operculum in the vitreous anterior to the fovea without evidence of a macular hole.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, ours is the first reported case of the use of OCT to identify the presence of a visually significant operculum without an associated macular hole.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Omaha, NE 68198-5540, USA.
authors.forename: Lance J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kugler
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DiBernardo
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Margalit
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*